Fans Quote by Carli Lloyd

10,000 athletes go and compete at an Olympic Games, only 300 go back with a gold medal, the number is very, very less.

— Abhinav Bindra

Bobby Charlton's record was quite substantial. I couldn't think anybody would beat that. It is an achievement par excellence.

— Alex Ferguson

Just imagine if women's sport was on the TV all the time - how many more female athletes we would have?

— Nicola Adams

I played for England at cricket and football. Playing at Wembley in front of 60,000 people seemed better than playing at Cirencester in front…

— Phil Neville

Women made up 44% of Olympic competitors at London 2012 - the greatest show of gender equality in Olympic history. By comparison, in the…

— Donna de Varona

“Morgan won her first Olympic medal, a gold, with the American team. The team beat Japan, 2–1, in a match watched by nearly 80,300…

— Alex Morgan

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

— David Rudisha

I was 80-1 to win Olympic gold.

— James DeGale

If I had to pick one exact moment when we were live on air and something very, very special happened it was at the…

— Jill Douglas

I was only 18 and I'd be 22 if I was competing at London. I'm stronger and more experienced and I know I would…

— Billy Joe Saunders

After playing in England, going to a place where you have 40, 50 people at the stadium was no fun.

— Jay-Jay Okocha

It is a testament to the fundamental honesty of football that Israel, with nothing to play for, overcame Russia in Tel Aviv on Saturday.…

— Martin Samuel