Gold medal Quote by Ian Thorpe

I know I'm enough with or without the gold medals. I just love to swim.

— Jessica Long

I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year.

— Hermann Maier

I hope I will get a chance to compete in the Olympics.

— Hima Das

I'm excited to be a part of the Olympic movement again.

— Bryan Clay

Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic…

— Chris Klein

It's like a dream for me, participating in the Olympics, it's so important for my career and I hope to win the gold medal…

— Oscar

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

— Irina Slutskaya

It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.

— Michael Phelps

It's really special for me just to have that one little moment where I claimed I was the best in the history of swimming.

— Caeleb Dressel

Getting to the Olympic Games was my gold medal.

— Eddie the Eagle

Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I…

— Eric Shanteau

I used to be so excited for the Olympics, I would track the medal counts and everything else.

— Clay Travis