Happened Quote by Marlen Esparza

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really…

— Clara Hughes

To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now.

— Jordyn Wieber

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

Life is about opportunities, creating them and embracing them, and for me, that was the Olympic dream. That's what defined me. That was my…

— Janine Shepherd

I think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that I would,…

— Dorothy Hamill

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

— Alicia Sacramone

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

— Shawn Johnson

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

The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from…

— Wilma Rudolph

When I won the world title, I am not going to lie, it was an unbelievable feeling. It was like a weight off my…

— Callum Smith

I knew I would try for the Tokyo Olympics back in 2016. I was sitting in the stands as an alternate at the Rio…

— MyKayla Skinner

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