Big Quote by Laurie Hernandez

As a child, I always had a dream to make it to the Olympics.

— Eddy Alvarez

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

— Mat Fraser

Making the Olympic team was the biggest thing I've ever accomplished. That was something I had to wait four years to accomplish.

— Tori Bowie

The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning.

— Nathan Chen

The Olympics was really, really stressful because I had never done anything like it. At the same time, I was understanding something like that…

— Laurie Hernandez

The Olympics is one of the memories that will always be with me. It changed my life for the better.

— Steph Houghton

While growing up, my dream and my goal was to win an Olympic gold medal. I did that, and both times, they were the…

— Vasyl Lomachenko

It was all kind of a whirlwind at the beginning. I didn't really realize that I had a special gift from God. It was…

— Allyson Felix

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 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

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

— Jerami Grant

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