Journey Quote by Eddy Alvarez

To be able to make the Olympic team was a surreal feeling, knowing where I started.

— Jerami Grant

It's hard to explain these feelings...But I'm extremely honored to be an Olympian and be a part of this team.

— Jordyn Wieber

It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of responsibility I…

— Mirai Nagasu

I didn't know how I was going to get to the Olympics, and in the beginning, I didn't really care. And that was the…

— Gretchen Bleiler

I really wanted to come into the Olympics.

— Sonny Bill Williams

I'm proud to be part of any Olympic team.

— Lindsey Vonn

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

The Olympics had never really been on my agenda. I had been a huge sports fan growing up, But it never really occurred to…

— Tim Henman

I didn't make the Olympics, but I beat a lot of the guys that went to the Olympics, so I felt I was at…

— Joseph Parker

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

— Michael Phelps

If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a university, and I would be…

— Daniel Cormier

I wanted to be an Olympian.

— Bianca Belair