Ability Quote by Travis Tygart

The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the world.

— Sasha Cohen

One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it's different and feed off the…

— Bode Miller

You hit one level of the sport, and then you want to get to the next level. Until, eventually, the Olympics becomes part of…

— Mitch Gaylord

When I look back at the world championships, I know there's a lot of room for improvement, I'm always up for a challenge. The…

— Michelle Kwan

I look at sport and competition as something that has been personally enormously beneficial to me. It's helped me create life skills. And if…

— Joey Cheek

The spirit of the Olympic Games has always been to celebrate the world's best athletes and appreciate the talent, diversity and culture that each…

— Michelle Steel

Competing at the Olympics is the pinnacle of your career. Everything is amplified, and you feel so proud to represent your country. You're there…

— Allyson Felix

To me the Olympic spirit embodies the magic of competition, hard work and coming to a point in your career when you're around the…

— Julia Mancuso

The ultimate dream of an athlete is to compete in the Olympics. For us athletes, that is the zenith. There is nothing beyond that.

— Hima Das

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents…

— John Williams

It takes a village to earn a spot representing your country, and I know that every single person who helped me get to the…

— Gretchen Bleiler

As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations.

— Brian Boitano