Best effort Quote by Gretchen Bleiler

I really didn't feed off the whole Olympic experience at all, and I regret that from an athletic perspective, and also from a personal…

— Ryan Hall

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

Growing up with brothers, I've always been a very competitive person and also very involved in sports. So when I was younger, whatever sport…

— Gretchen Bleiler

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 knew very little or nothing about the Olympics. Having qualified was itself a big achievement for me, and then being there was quite…

— Vijender Singh

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

What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump…

— Debi Thomas

I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that Ive done after that is really because of the Olympics.

— Brian Boitano

You never really think about what happens after the Olympics - you're just like, 'I want to compete. I want to do well' and…

— McKayla Maroney

I always wanted to be a professional athlete and really did not necessarily care which sport.

— Mardy Fish

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

— Jerami Grant

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be…

— Babe Didrikson Zaharias