Quotes About Competition

I think we could really play the Olympics.

Going to the Olympics would have been great.

At the Olympics, for those eight minutes of each fight, all that attention was on me. Either the crowd is with you or against you.

My dad went to the Olympics, so he has that one over me. So if I go there, I'm pretty sure he has nothing to say anymore.

If you want a lot of endorsements then you'd pick the Olympics. But I've had a passion for the Tour since I was a kid. Let's put it this way: it would be harder to win a stage on the Tour de France so that would mean more. I'd take the Tour win first - but I'm aiming for both.

If it doesn't mean more to a normal human being like Dan Evans, who could change his life and career by winning not a gold but a bronze medal for Great Britain, if he doesn't want to take that chance, I would say something is wrong with the Olympics in what it's worth in tennis.

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.

I think that's the beauty of the Olympics. There's always a story. There's always someone you're invested in. There are so many Olympic moments that resonate with people all across Canada, and I think that's the beauty of it.

For me, 'Cool Runnings' was amazing because I always wanted to bobsled and go to the Olympics.

I represented Mexico trying to go to 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.

I'm sure personal accolades are nice and you appreciate them very much. But it's about winning Cups and winning Olympics and winning World Cups and that kind of thing.

You grow through the conflict and you emerge together. I think that's what the Olympics are all about.

I had a gold medal in olympics at 12. At 14 or 15 I had my career set before me. Because I started so early, I had this daily training. It developed a focus. It became so natural that it was like a native language for me to play chess. That's why I didn't feel pressure.

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

Winning that gold medal at the Olympics is something I'll never forget.

Let's say something like Olympics is happening, I will definitely watch because that is something which is live after so many months. I think sports will definitely get people to watch.

I have always said the Olympics was a great grounding for me, to have that pressure on top of me, the whole nation watching you in my own country.

Everyone wants to make the Olympics. Everyone wants to pretty much just play on the team or at least try out.

Each Olympics is different.

Every time I turn on the Olympics there is somebody that I know and have had intense conversations with, and that's cool.

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