Always Quote by Gretchen Bleiler

I've always wanted to be an athlete, I loved sport and PE in school and always watched the Olympic Games on TV.

— Denise Lewis

As a young girl, I just wanted to have fun and compete. There were no goals of becoming an Olympic athlete. I wanted to…

— Lolo Jones

I grew up a competitive swimmer. I wanted to go the Olympics. Both my parents were professional swimmers. I competed internationally quite often, right…

— Cody Simpson

I really wanted to come into the Olympics.

— Sonny Bill Williams

I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.

— Kimberly Elise

As an athlete in my sport, you always want to go to an Olympics.

— Ali Krieger

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

— Marion Jones

I have always wanted to compete in the Olympic Games.

— Adam Ondra

I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer when I was growing up.

— Grace Gummer

I had big goals, I wanted to go to the Olympics.

— Mat Fraser

The Olympics were something that was put in my path. I knew I was capable, I worked so hard for it, so I guess…

— Katelyn Ohashi

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

— George J. Mitchell