High school Quote by Allyson Felix

I've been training like an Olympian.

— Tony Ferguson

If I wasn't active and involved in different sports and just moving around, I wouldn't have even known that I had the potential to…

— Allyson Felix

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

— Dick Fosbury

I grew up playing softball, and at the age of nine, I decided I was going to be an Olympian. I didn't really know…

— Elana Meyers

Well, my mom was an Olympian, so we have some good genes on that front.

— Ivanka Trump

I was always a good runner, I dipped into triathlons a bit and stuff like that, but I just remember saying to my mum,…

— Leah Williamson

Before me, sprinters retired at 23 or 24. I run because I still like it, I can make a living, and I feel I…

— Evelyn Ashford

I started running in high school.

— Tayshia Adams

I finally get to be an Olympian.

— MyKayla Skinner

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 wanted to be an Olympian.

— Bianca Belair

[At nine years old] I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport…

— Elana Meyers