Quotes About Competition

It's an Olympic year, man, and crazy stuff always happens in an Olympic year.

The saddest part of my career has been missing the Olympic medal by one-hundredth of a second.

There was something about being in Rio, being around the other Olympic athletes and playing for the U.S. It was the most special experience I've had.

How can you top an Olympic gold other than, you know, getting a second Olympic gold?

I got an Olympic medal.

Winning a title in Olympic year is never easy.

To do a PB in an Olympic final - I'm pretty happy - you can't ask for more, that's the fastest time I have ever swum.

There's a lot of pressure being an Olympic athlete.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

10,000 athletes go and compete at an Olympic Games, only 300 go back with a gold medal, the number is very, very less.

I have always wanted to compete in the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games and the World Championships will be my big goals.

I pretty much knew that I was going to come in fourth, but then I said, 'I'm fourth at the Olympic Games. What are you talking about? Why is that disappointing?'

Ever since I was a kid and all the time I have played in the NHL, NHL players have played in the Olympic Games.

Most people should be given a chance to compete in the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.

They usually say that after the Olympic Games, somebody's life changes forever, and a lot of times, it's the gold medalist. But I have a feeling that my life has changed forever.

If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright.

My goal is to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, and I'll fight and continue going until I do that.

There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.

A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.

I have a lot of very happy memories of the Olympic Games, and the final against Nigeria and the goal mean an awful lot to me.

My dream is to have a medal from the Olympic Games, and I will do my best to have it.