Cry Quote by Ellie Simmonds

I'm happy because I got another medal. It's a competition and it's ice and anything can happen.

— Irina Slutskaya

I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes,…

— Johnny Weir

After getting a gold medal I could celebrate but also was trying to keep the emotions at bay.

— Emma McKeon

The saddest part of my career has been missing the Olympic medal by one-hundredth of a second.

— P. T. Usha

The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from…

— Wilma Rudolph

Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.

— Natalie du Toit

I feel very fortunate. I feel like an Olympian. When I watch the Olympics, I cry because I have been through that journey.

— Danielle de Niese

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

— Gail Devers

In Beijing the emotion built and built. I was at a Paralympics and I was so nervous. When I achieved my goal all that…

— Ellie Simmonds

I didn't want people to think of me as someone who wasn't impressed with a silver medal, because obviously that's a huge accomplishment, and…

— McKayla Maroney

I couldn't believe just how emotional I was about the London Olympics. Before the Games even started, I was reading a newspaper sitting in…

— Tessa Virtue

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really…

— Clara Hughes