Close Quote by Christian Coleman

I don't have any close friends that are my competitors. I think that's just the nature of being a sprinter.

— Christian Coleman

I've made a lot of friends over the years through racing, but we weren't necessarily teammates.

— Juan Pablo Montoya

I think it is possible to be friends even if you're competing. You know, there's so many guys in rooms that try to psych…

— Jake Abel

I had a couple friends from all the different cliques in school, but my true friends were my gymnastics teammates. I grew up competing…

— Nicole Anderson

People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer.…

— Amanda Beard

Coming into the Games I knew I was in five events but I didn't expect to get a medal in every distance, especially the 5,000.

— Cindy Klassen

Every time I turn on the Olympics there is somebody that I know and have had intense conversations with, and that's cool.

— Scott Moir

I'm a two-time Olympian, but on the front and back end of both of those were two Olympics where I narrowly missed making the…

— Gretchen Bleiler

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.

— Mary Lou Retton

It's kind of like I won a gold medal with my family.

— Laurie Hernandez

Yes folks, their gold medal looks the same as everybody elses.

— Bob Costas

It doesn't matter who other people are saying the favourite is; I'm still going in to win the gold medal.

— Katie Taylor