Competition Quote by Myron Rolle

When I was 24, I won a Rhodes Scholarship.

— Rachel Simmons

I realized that I wanted a Rhodes Scholarship, not because I wanted to go to graduate school but because I wanted to win a…

— Rachel Simmons

The Rhodes scholarship process was very extensive. I had to do several personal statements, rewrite those over and over and over again. I had…

— Myron Rolle

I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

— Duffy Daugherty

Once my junior year finished at Florida State, I won the Rhodes Scholarship and I was also projected as a second-round draft pick.

— Myron Rolle

The Rhodes is something I've always really wanted. I would never have applied for it if I didn't really want to go. The opportunity…

— Myron Rolle

When I earned my scholarship, it really motivated me to let everybody that I was the real deal.

— Carl Nassib

The first think I did when I found out I was a finalist, was, I don't remember, because it felt like it was an…

— James Durbin

I went to study at Oxford University in the 1980s on an imperial scholarship instituted by Cecil Rhodes.

— Richard Flanagan

I went to the University of Arizona on a full athletic scholarship for gymnastics, where I competed and got 9th in the nation at…

— Denise Austin

Earning a scholarship was incredible.

— Carl Nassib

I really didn't know if I was going to get a scholarship offer, and then I got one.

— Tyrese Haliburton