Quotes from Max Aaron

Nothing makes you try harder than to be told that you are not good enough or that you simply do not have the skills.

I have always wanted to be the best, and it drives me every day, no matter the obstacle.

Anything is possible. No one understands how far you can push your body to the limit, and I like to play with that.

There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team.

I'm looking towards that Olympic medal and that Olympic gold and what it's going to take to get there.

I can't say I have a lucky charm, but I do wear a 3/4-zip U.S.A. jacket I wear to every event. I got it from Nike, and it was from the 2012 Olympic Games.

It eventually ends, and that's what I think a lot of athletes forget. It's 10 years after the Olympics, and you won the Olympics, and that's great, but no one cares.

I have a pretty strict diet, and for breakfast, I have three eggs and a cup of oatmeal.

I always thought the list needed to be longer. We needed to have a stronger representation of Jewish athletes, and I'm so happy to that I'm part of them now.

I'm not going to let anyone tell me that I can't perform, that I'm not artistic.

Anyone who's been the Olympic trials before is a veteran.

I grew up looking to all those Jewish athletes for inspiration.

I love any event in the United States because I treat it like it's my home, my house. And I'm going to protect it.