Quotes About Legacy

I always thought, 'Will I go into the business, or will I not go into the business?' But when my father got arrested, I really didn't have a choice. I was the oldest son, and it was something that had to be done.

I don't want to be an oldies act, kind of dragging around on the road just for the money.

I am an oldies act - yes, I am - there's that part of me, but I am so much more than that.

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow is a character whose core is about legacy and responsibility. And that all comes from his father and the responsibilities of living up to his legacy.

Olivia Chow is no Jack Layton.

I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something I would have liked to have added to my resume, but at the same time I think I can look back at my athletic career and feel that I was one of the best.

Popov was double Olympic champion in '92 and '96, and then Gary Hall came along and won in 2000 and 2004, and I would be the next on the list. That's a good goal, to have my name on that list alongside these guys.

The Olympic movement is divided into two very distinct eras.

1988 Olympic Champion Brian Boitano was famous for doing a Lutz with one arm over his head. And I wanted to build on that.

Past Olympians have a continuing role within the Olympic family.

The hunger has come back now because I want to be a double Olympic champion. I want to be a legend.

I am Olympic champion for life, and I have learned to enjoy what that means.

It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania.

The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal.

Henry Cejudo is going to become the greatest combat athlete of all time, being an Olympic champ and a two-division champ in the UFC.

It's harder to be a dad than an Olympic champion.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

The Olympic Games is one of those moments that you remember forever, from the moment that you step foot in the country that you're competing in to the Closing Ceremony.

I became real good friends with John Stockton and Karl Malone and am still good friends with them to this day. It was always good to go see them and then play with them in the 1996 Olympics as well. I idolized John Stockton at the time, I tried to model my game after him.

Gold slipped from my hand at the Rome Olympics and then from P.T. Usha at the Los Angeles Olympics. But it is my dream to see a boy or girl from India winning gold in the Olympics before my death.

Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.

The Olympics are great, but they only truly mean something when the moments that come out of them are bigger than the individual sports.

If there's anything that is the center of my career both creatively and emotionally, it's the Olympics.

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.