First Olympic Quotes
- Being the first Olympic medallist of my country means that I have some obligations and it was a very tough job for me to resume… — Benjamin Boukpeti
- Going to the Olympics as a Maasai I want to make them proud because, after the warm welcome they gave me when I went back… — David Rudisha
- I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it was my first… — Allyson Felix
- There's an awful video of me on YouTube.com, titled Dumas, her life is over! which was taped by some amateur during my first Olympic tryouts… — Katy Evans
- I have learned from the first Olympics, of course. When I went to my first Olympic Games, I experienced all of the pressure and was… — Yuna Kim
- Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the lives of hundreds… — Sebastian Coe
- I'm excited about swimming the event because I won my first Olympic gold medal in the event, — Ian Thorpe