Dad Quote by RJ Barrett

My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.'…

— Ryan Lochte

When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened…

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot…

— Eric Shanteau

My stepdad is Bruce Jenner, the Olympian. The first time he came over was like a blind date, and we had show and tell.…

— Kourtney Kardashian

Every time I turn on the Olympics there is somebody that I know and have had intense conversations with, and that's cool.

— Scott Moir

I've been to three Olympics. I gave it my all.

— Michelle Carter

I could be winning the decathlon in high school, which I've won twice, yet, if my dad is in the audience, 'Oh look! It's…

— Francesco Quinn

I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.

— Taylor Phinney

In my very first interview, at nine years old, I said I wanted to be an Olympic gold medalist. That was the first time…

— Dominique Moceanu

If not for sports, I do not think my father would have ever talked to me.

— Pat Conroy

At nine, my mom used to tell me she saw an Olympic medalist in me. I used to take it as a joke, but…

— Saina Nehwal

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual…

— Shaun White