Quotes About Competition

One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it's different and feed off the enthusiasm of everyone and the inspiration and hopefully that will elevate your performance.

I will remember all the days at the Olympics.

I've never been cocky. Even right now I don't like to talk about the Olympics.

I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.

I would love very much to win a medal at the Olympics for myself, by my own performance. But that will never happen.

'Suena' is what the essence of the Olympics are about. There are the best athletes in the world up on one stage. The love and admiration and respect for each other is amazing to see.

Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.

Olympics is everyone's dream.

Seriously, I love the Olympics so much it hurts.

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

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

Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.

I have learned from the first Olympics, of course. When I went to my first Olympic Games, I experienced all of the pressure and was able to win the gold medal. I try not to feel the pressure, and I try not to be nervous when I am on the ice and when I compete.

There's way more pressure cooking for cooks than rowing at the Olympics.

It always has been a goal of mine to compete in the Olympics. Right after I graduated from college, I moved out to Salt Lake City with my mind focused on making the 2014 team.

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

The Olympics is nothing I ever dreamed about. I dreamed about playing for Coach Knight and Indiana.

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. The Olympics are the most important race. They're each four years, and everybody wants to show their best performance.

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.

America's first Olympics may have been its worst, or at least its most bizarre.

The Olympics are never just about sports.

I really wanted to come into the Olympics.

I think it's when I won the Youth Olympics I thought, 'I can really get gold in London.'

I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. To be going to the Games in your own country is another thing; to do it as a potential medallist is another thing again.