Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
Yeah, so my dad was a skater back in his teenage days, and he used to skate pools and bowls and stuff… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
Special Olympics is an organization I have done a lot of work with, first while growing up in Massachusetts and then as… — Michael Carter-Williams Copy Share Image
Well, I call the Olympic Games the crappy warm ups for the Paralympic Games, right? Once every four years people with disability… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching men working as teams. We're watching all working as… — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
I think the Winter Olympics are definitely on a smaller scale than the summer games, but with the inclusion of cool new… — Nick Goepper Copy Share Image
The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
My wife and I came to Canada for the 1994 Commonwealth Games and we really liked the B.C. lifestyle and environment. The… — Jonathan Brown Copy Share Image
Rio in four years; I've got more inspiration in the last two, three weeks. I'm sure I'm going to get more in… — Oscar Pistorius Copy Share Image
One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to… — Oksana Baiul Copy Share Image
I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics… — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
And what is a gold medal? I'd never really thought about it before Nagano. Now I realize that it's a dream to… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
I started working with Special Olympics when I was 17 years old. I'll never forget the first time I did it: I… — Damian Lillard Copy Share Image
When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by… — Lakshmi Mittal Copy Share Image
Of course you are. The tributes were necessary to the Games, too. Until they weren't," I say. "And then we were very… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My dream as a youngster was to be like Olivier. To be a great stage actor. To be a great Shakespearean actor.… — Armand Assante Copy Share Image
It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I… — Hope Solo Copy Share Image
I don't want to play able-body tennis. I don't want to go to the Olympics. I don't want to be out there… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
Whether it was turning around failing companies, rescuing the Olympics, or improving the business climate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney has proven that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Olympics are too powerful. I hate sports - they generate so much nationalism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, economic exploitation, displacement of… — Terre Thaemlitz Copy Share Image
I was a hangover of that era where they’d say “Take off that medal! Is that a St. Christopher medal? You’re going… — George Hamilton Copy Share Image
I always loved music, to dance, and to be really active. When I started skating, it was the first time all of… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic… — George Michael Copy Share Image
And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in '94 and '98, and looking back and… — Elvis Stojko Copy Share Image
When I look back at the world championships, I know there's a lot of room for improvement, I'm always up for a… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
For me, back in Sydney, it was just being there and going out and beating Alexander Karelin, 13-time world champion and Olympic… — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
The 2012 Olympics is going to cost £8 billion which is a lot of money. It'll probably bankrupt London. But you can't… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
When I started this I wanted to get back in the pool, I wanted to race and I wanted to go to… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the moustache off, but I realized I was getting so… — Mark Spitz Copy Share Image
At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are… — Shannon Miller Copy Share Image
If you're going to photograph skateboarders you can't run after them, you've got to learn how to skate. So at about 50… — Larry Clark Copy Share Image
I knew very little or nothing about the Olympics. Having qualified was itself a big achievement for me, and then being there… — Vijender Singh Copy Share Image
I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My… — David Rudisha Copy Share Image
Seeing my name in the newspapers after winning the national junior championship motivated me to win more medals and I have never… — Geeta Phogat Copy Share Image
But you know we couldn't compare what we do with what the British athletes did at the Olympics. We are very proud… — Louis Tomlinson Copy Share Image
I really, really wanted to be an Olympian. My parents knew about this dream of mine, and they suggested I try my… — Elana Meyers Copy Share Image
Getting relay medals is just as amazing I feel just as proud to be a part of that as well. But it's… — Emma McKeon Copy Share Image
My grandmother always acted in other people's interests, whether they wanted her to or not. If they'd had an Olympics in martyrdom… — Emily Levine Copy Share Image
The Olympics is a cool opportunity to represent our country, which is amazing. But I have another community I am competing for,… — Gus Kenworthy Copy Share Image
