Olympics Quotes · Page 57

Hey Mark Henry, where are your gold medals? We all know that if Mark Henry won a gold medal he'd just take…

— Jerry Lawler

Never hold your head high with pride or ego. Remember, even winner of a gold medal gets his medal only when he…

— Anonymous

I literally used to skate every single day. Like, there was not a day I didn't skate.

— Nyjah Huston

When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.

— Daley Thompson

The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.

— Sergei Bubka

Skateboarding around in a pair of Toms on my last day of work is probably not the best idea that I've ever…

— Taissa Farmiga

I recently met Michael Phelps. He is my absolute idol. I was totally starstruck. I did manage to get a few words…

— Ellie Simmonds

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

— Pierre de Coubertin

When I was a kid, I used to wake up every single day and skateboard. All I would think about is skating,…

— Doja Cat

In 1974 or 1975, if someone had told me I was going to be an Olympic champion, I would not have believed…

— Edwin Moses

Unfortunately, I don't usually get to see much outside the Olympics as I compete almost every day. I have been to Rio…

— Usain Bolt

Jay Adams may not have been the world's best skater, but he was the man, the real deal, the original, the first.…

— Stacy Peralta

Traditionally, skaters tend to tie their skates very tightly. I tend to just tie my foot down, then in the ankle area,…

— Patrick Chan

I genuinely believe the Paralympics will change perceptions of disability in this country, one of the main reasons being that they will…

— Alex Brooker

I roller skated when I was younger, but when you're on a track that's slanted and you're with other people all skating…

— Kristen Wiig

If you talk to people in Europe they say the Commonwealth Games is a meet that doesn't matter. But then you tell…

— Colin Jackson

I want to carry in my heart forever the key word of the Olympics - 'passion.'

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

I'm not fussed about awards. I just want to win a medal and a trophy.

— Karen Bardsley

It's just skating, and you're going to have a couple of mistakes. Even in practice, you're not hitting 100%.

— Gracie Gold

The Olympics is still my greatest achievement... I have many belts, but there is only one Olympic gold.

— Oleksandr Usyk

NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years.

— Gary Bettman

The Olympians were a reminder that there was always someone better than you, so you shouldn't get a big head.

— Rick Riordan

If I won another gold medal in 2012, in my home city, imagine that. To be the face of 2012, that'd be unbelievable.

— James DeGale

I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to…

— Clara Hughes

Ln PE class, there's always that one person who thinks it's the damn olympics.

— Anonymous

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

— Johnny Weir

China is only winning the Olympics because they made all the equipment...

— Anonymous

You have to be pretty fortunate to do multiple games and have a shot at medals.

— Scott Moir

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

— Marion Jones

I used to ice skate at parties when I was eight, but that was sort of the extent of roller skating, ice…

— Eliza Scanlen

Each year the excitement and the build-up for the Paralympics Games has grown more and more.

— Jessica Long

People aren't familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew.

— Mark Zupan

The East End of Glasgow is like the Olympics. Lots of foriegners in tracksuits struggling to speak English.

— Frankie Boyle

Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ.

— Aly Raisman

People are saying I hold and spoil, but you don't get to win Olympic gold without a bit of power and ability.

— James DeGale

I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.

— Jackie Chan

At school I fought sometimes. Kids were saying that figure skating is sport for the girls. Then I had to prove them…

— Evgeni Plushenko

My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that…

— Sally Pearson

I feel blessed to have an opportunity to try out for a second Olympics team and if it doesn't work out, hey…

— Alicia Sacramone

The Olympic movement has made a conscious attempt to make sports and disciplines urban in nature.

— Abhinav Bindra