Quotes About Excellence

Olympics is everyone's dream.

Seriously, I love the Olympics so much it hurts.

I love the Olympics. Something about the Olympics just makes everything competitive.

People watch the Olympics because they want to believe in heroes; I know I did.

I didn't know about competition or the Olympics until Peggy Fleming won in 1968. My mother looked after all of the competition stuff. I just skated. I didn't really love competition, but that was the only way to get better. You'd see more talent.

I need to practice every day to be at my best for winning the third gold at the Rio Olympics.

I always say, 'When the Olympics are happening, you shouldn't be in any other place in the planet - you should be here.'

As an athlete in my sport, you always want to go to an Olympics.

One of the most common misconceptions about Olympic sports is that they only happen at the Olympics.

It's important that the Olympics are motivating to young people and inspiring to all, and the only way to do that is to ensure clean performances, free of cheating.

If we're about winning world championships, we can't just have all of our focus be on the Olympics.

A gold medal at the Olympics is hard to top.

In wrestling, you're talking about a fraternity of champions, and I got a chance to be a part of that Olympic championship club. And anyone that ever won the Olympics in wrestling, there's something different about them.

I think we could really play the Olympics.

Going to the Olympics would have been great.

It is extremely difficult to get a medal at the World Championships, even more than the Olympics. And when one is not 100 per cent prepared, it is next to impossible to win a medal there.

Each Olympics is different with their own great parts to it.

I loved the Olympics.

Every time we play, we want to win, that's for sure. It may be the World Championship, the Olympics, the NBA Championship or the South American Championship, but we always want to win.

The Olympics is where you see out of this world performances, isn't it?

That's where the very best players in the league end up - the Olympics.

I wanted to do whatever I can for Olympics. I just want to give my best shot.

There will be no one like me in the history of Olympics, someone who competed in an Olympic final with one international meet.

Anybody who says the Olympics is just another race is not being honest.