Quotes About Achievement

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal.

Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers.

That's pretty rewarding in itself coming from where I started. Obviously the next goal for me is to make the Olympic team.

I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.

In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for.

Obviously in 2008 it was 538 (to win an Olympic gold) and most of my scores have been over that this year.

I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.

The incentive of a medal at the biggest sporting arena in the world is what drives me. Before I hang my gloves, I want to win the Olympic medal, and my performance at London will decide my future in the sport.

Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.

It's amazing to get one Olympic gold, but you have to be a legend to get two. And that's definitely my aim.

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

If I'm able to win the world championships when I'm not even at my best, then with another year until Rio, maybe I could even become Olympic champion.

When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that's exactly what our team did.

I'm proud to be part of any Olympic team.

People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about it.

I had been thinking, 'I've got to win because I'm Olympic champion'; actually, no, it's, 'I'm an Olympic champion for life,' I can just enjoy the rest.

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

Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what I wanted.

It was not about the guy who could jump the furthest; it was about the guy who could jump the furthest on that particular day in the worst conditions of any Olympic long jump final.

I quite enjoy sport, and I'm now an Olympic champion. It's a bit weird, isn't it?

I'm not a celebrity. I'm just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.

It's really incredible to win an Olympic Gold in your home city.

I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium until 2012, I don't care.' I then won Olympic gold.