Olympics Quotes · Page 55

You look up to everybody. All these guys are my heroes, and then here I am skating right there next to them…

— Ryan Sheckler

I love skating and sparkling and flying around the ice, and people clap for you. It's an amazing feeling.

— Johnny Weir

We live amid surfaces, and the true art of life is to skate well on them

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.

— Lisa Bonet

It's crazy to think that back when I was 11 years old I was skating X Games.

— Nyjah Huston

Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

— Daley Thompson

I started skateboarding when I was 12, and I broke my leg when I was 19 so... seven years.

— Matt Costa

I have a great relationship with Special Olympics back in Baltimore and have had one for many years.

— Joe Flacco

Four world titles is a good swath at the top of the podium. The Olympics didn't work out for a couple of…

— Kurt Browning

I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would…

— Dick Fosbury

I was just really excited to win the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m in Moscow and then, to top that off, to win…

— Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

I had a gold medal in olympics at 12. At 14 or 15 I had my career set before me. Because I…

— Judit Polgar

As Israel prepares to enter, my position is well known. It is one that I have taken at previous Olympics. It is…

— Brian Williams

You work for years and years to make the Olympics, then something goes wrong and it's all gone. But that doesn't mean…

— Danny Garcia

I started out making skateboard videos. Soon, it dawned on me I just wasn't that great at skateboarding. So I put down…

— Steve-O

There are moments when I think I'm not very smart and not very pretty, and skating is the only thing that stands…

— Mirai Nagasu

The progression of skateboarding is seriously so gnarly!! Everyone gets so much better every year.

— Nyjah Huston

There's always that one kid in PE class who thinks it's the fucking Olympics. Calm. The. Fuck. Down.

— Anonymous

Last night I went out for Chinese. I picked up a Team USA Olympic uniform.

— Jay Leno

My favorite part of the Olympics was the flag raising and seeing my family there.

— Caeleb Dressel

Athletics needs more focus because it is the heart and soul of any Olympics.

— Milkha Singh

It's not as easy as that... it's disappointing to think that all these countries spend a lot of money trying to get…

— Bernie Ecclestone

The Olympics are the biggest thing in boxing and the more you do as an amateur, the better deal you get as…

— Callum Smith

The Olympics are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I've worked so hard to get this far.

— MyKayla Skinner

Someone 'big' will get thrown out of their Trials or at the Olympics. I would bet my house on it.

— Ato Boldon

The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the world.

— Sasha Cohen

I skate to anything with a good beat, anything that can get me motivated.

— Ryan Sheckler

I will always be grateful for having that opportunity to be part of a home Olympic games. It is a memory I…

— Steph Houghton

At the end of a career you're desperate more than ever for medals, grabbing as much as you can as you go.

— Jamie Carragher

I watched the London Games as my coach had athletes in there. I saw the impact that the Paralympics had on the…

— Kadeena Cox

There is always that one person in gym class who thinks they're in the Olympics.

— Anonymous

All of the major events are fun. Obviously the Olympic Games is top.

— Jordan Larson

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best.

— Joe Sakic

Walking in the opening ceremony and just being part of the Olympics is so special and it's something to cherish forever.

— Eddy Alvarez

My greatest honour was to be included in the Australian Olympic team in 1992, 1996 and hopefully 2000.

— Rhonda Cator

My academic schedule is lighter this year because it's an Olympic year.

— Sasha Cohen

I was free when I was 12 because I got my first skateboard. I've been free ever since.

— Harmony Korine

There's way more pressure cooking for cooks than rowing at the Olympics.

— Bryan Volpenhein

I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

— Gail Devers