Amateur Quote by Daley Thompson

I was a true amateur and embodied what the Olympic spirit is all about. To me, competing was all that mattered.

— Eddie the Eagle

In para-cycling I am a veteran with Olympic medals now.

— Alex Zanardi

I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.

— Lisa Bonet

There was a time in my life I wanted that Olympic medal, and all I did was train, train, train and work harder than…

— Yoel Romero

I was always really inspired by watching the older girls competing, just seeing other Olympians do great things, and I just really wanted to…

— Aly Raisman

I was always more of an athlete. I like to compete.

— Rohan Marley

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

The first time I won a medal in the all-around competition is when I realized that's what I wanted to do pretty much for…

— Sam Mikulak

I won a silver medal. But really, I ended up running the fastest race of my life to become part of something that transcended…

— Peter Norman

I was exemplifying the Olympian who took up a challenge as a sportsman, without a trainer, in a country without mountains and without snow.…

— Eddie the Eagle

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

No disrespect to any other competition, but what drives me now is majors, Ryder Cups, the Olympics.

— Justin Rose