Go Quote by Simone Biles

I didn't really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.

— Simone Biles

In 2010, I was 17 or 18 and thought, 'Yeah, the Olympics, that might happen.'

— Ashley Wagner

But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out…

— Angela Ruggiero

When I was 5, I was always joking around like, 'Oh man, I wanna go to the Olympics.'

— Laurie Hernandez

Growing up with brothers, I've always been a very competitive person and also very involved in sports. So when I was younger, whatever sport…

— Gretchen Bleiler

The Olympics were something that was put in my path. I knew I was capable, I worked so hard for it, so I guess…

— Katelyn Ohashi

When I was 16, coming up through now at 24, it was so much I thought I had to change about myself. Especially after…

— Claressa Shields

I remember watching the summer Olympics as a kid and knew that I wanted to be an Olympian one day. At the time, snowboarding…

— Jamie Anderson

I never planned to be at the height of my career when I was 30 years old and going to my fourth Olympics. I…

— Kelly Clark

As a young girl, I just wanted to have fun and compete. There were no goals of becoming an Olympic athlete. I wanted to…

— Lolo Jones

The 2012 Olympics was such a high, but once it was over, I felt really down in the dumps. You don't really look beyond…

— Tom Daley

The mistakes you make and lessons you learn at a young age are what gets you to an Olympic level.

— Caroline Buchanan