Athletes Quote by Ellie Simmonds

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

In China, they treated me really well, they like me a lot. The first few times they laughed when I took my shirt off,…

— Andy Ruiz Jr

I was sitting in my office when someone called to tell me two light planes had collided with the World Trade Centre. I turned…

— Tom Wolfe

I was a pretty free-spirited kid. I was part of a notorious group of troublemakers who didn't do well in school but had a…

— Chloe Zhao

I was a quiet kid on the streets. The loudmouths would push me around but when I was boxing, I was beating them up…

— Carl Frampton

On a bus ride through China, my family and I had talked for hours before a police officer boarded to conduct an inspection. My…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

I was screaming constantly, on the set, in my room... everywhere.

— Jennifer Esposito

I remember as a kid watching one of the Olympic games, and I was cheering for a big track athlete. He was the favorite…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I remember my buddies yelling at me, and it sounded like they were a football field away, and I remember them yelling, 'You're gonna…

— Kyle Carpenter

I remember seeing the Olympics when I was 13. I always wanted to know how it felt to stand on top of the podium…

— Oksana Masters

I woke up on the floor of some Japanese family's rec room, and they would NOT stop screaming! -Champ Kind

— Anchorman

There was something peculiarly gratifying about shouting in a blind rage until your words ran out. Of course, the aftermath was less pleasant. Once…

— Cassandra Clare