Always Quote by Leah Williamson

I know that I wasn't bred to be an Olympian. I didn't start running until high school, and I just stumbled upon to.

— Allyson Felix

I was running track early in my years and I was breaking track records in sprint running. I was training and I wanted to…

— Sheila E

I've been training like an Olympian.

— Tony Ferguson

I think to actually be an Olympian to me means that you've trained most of your life, or you've dedicated most of your life…

— Bryan Clay

If I wasn't active and involved in different sports and just moving around, I wouldn't have even known that I had the potential to…

— Allyson Felix

I wanted to be an Olympian.

— Bianca Belair

My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew…

— David Rudisha

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

My mom is an elementary school gym teacher and a track and cross-country coach, so she really wanted me to be a runner. But…

— Annaleigh Ashford

I finally get to be an Olympian.

— MyKayla Skinner

There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.

— Kerri Walsh