Big time Quote by Jackie Joyner-Kersee

It was not until the end of my freshman year in high school that I thought I could really have a future in track…

— Allyson Felix

I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.

— Venus Williams

I had dreamed of being at the Olympics since I was 7 years old.

— Michelle Kwan

I remember watching the summer Olympics as a kid and knew that I wanted to be an Olympian one day. At the time, snowboarding…

— Jamie Anderson

My earliest memory of the Olympics was watching the 1996 Games in Atlanta. I remember everyone being so excited to watch. Seeing the American…

— Adam Rippon

I remember watching the '96 Olympics. For some reason, I was like 'Oh yeah, I'm going to go to the Olympics some day.' At…

— Kelley O'Hara

It was a dream come true for me to be at the Olympics.

— Alicia Sacramone

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that…

— Dan O'Brien

I'd always loved sports, and the Olympics were something I thought about often as a kid, but those dreams felt like a lifetime ago.

— Lauren Gibbs

It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream…

— Natalie du Toit

And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before…

— Olga Korbut

The Olympics in '80 was phenomenal. It was my favorite memory of all competitive events, because it was brand new and it was exciting.

— Scott Hamilton