Age Quote by Sebastian Coe

I had a gold medal in olympics at 12. At 14 or 15 I had my career set before me. Because I started so…

— Judit Polgar

There's a lot of pressure being an Olympic athlete.

— MyKayla Skinner

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

— Lindsey Vonn

Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long time.

— Katelyn Ohashi

It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80…

— Dorothy Hamill

When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself.

— Eric Shanteau

I think God has it written down for me, that without training and working hard you will never achieve desired results. All three times…

— Vijender Singh

The time leading up to the 1996 Olympics was the most demanding and stressful of my career. The sport I had loved so much…

— Dominique Moceanu

I was 21 and lining up in an Olympic final trying to fulfil a dream and get an Olympic medal. It launched me on…

— Colin Jackson

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

And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before…

— Olga Korbut

I trained my whole life for the Olympics. I didn't have a childhood, I really couldn't go to the beach with my friends. Couldn't…

— Claressa Shields