Diamond Quote by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m

— Betty Cuthbert

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a…

— Bonnie Blair

I'm proud to have won what I consider the classic races - Monaco, Silverstone, Spa, Monza - it was nice to have the chance…

— David Coulthard

No way did I ever think I was going to win the 100m

— Betty Cuthbert

Last year I was the favorite going into the world champs in Beijing, but I felt like I had to do something phenomenal in…

— Ashton Eaton

Growing up, you always dream of winning a gold medal. But coming into these Games, it wasn't something I was focused on. I'm just…

— Cindy Klassen

I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year.

— Hermann Maier

Beijing didn't go the way I planned and I would have liked to have performed a little bit better personally. After Beijing that is…

— Alicia Sacramone

Somebody ask me, 'Alberto, why you not race in Torino?' I finished my career here in 1998, the 15 of March which was my…

— Alberto Tomba

It's kind of nice in some ways having an Olympic Trials where I finished second. You can kind of go in more under the…

— Ryan Hall

It was unbelievable: competing in my home town at a grand prix I was watching when I was three years old. It was massive…

— Lance Stroll

My aim is to do better than I did in Tokyo. I am glad I won the Olympic gold. I may have got the…

— Neeraj Chopra