College Quote by Wilma Rudolph

If I wasn't active and involved in different sports and just moving around, I wouldn't have even known that I had the potential to…

— Allyson Felix

I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was…

— Michael Johnson

If I wouldn't have medaled at the Olympics, it still would have been a successful trip. The medal is the icing on the cake.

— Eddy Alvarez

The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.

— Brian Boitano

There was a time in my life I wanted that Olympic medal, and all I did was train, train, train and work harder than…

— Yoel Romero

Maybe there's a little girl who thinks she can be an Olympic athlete, and she sees all the things I struggled through to get…

— Lolo Jones

As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only…

— Peter Snell

The Olympics in '92, I didn't contribute that much. I had more to do with winning the National Championships than I did the gold…

— Christian Laettner

Playing college soccer was going to be the top of my athletic feats. I wasn't going to the Olympics. I was a decent player,…

— Mark Zupan

There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Having an Olympic medal validates that you can be a successful freeskier... It's like a credential that sticks with you the rest of your…

— Gus Kenworthy

After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on…

— Jesse Owens