Quotes About Achievement

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.

This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.

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

Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.

Olympics is everyone's dream.

The majority of people who get in the sport of gymnastics do not go to the Olympics or get a Division 1 scholarship, but it doesn't mean that they can't get something positive from the sport.

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

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

My childhood dream was to win the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything else is icing on the cake.

Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.

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.

I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.

In 2010, I was 17 or 18 and thought, 'Yeah, the Olympics, that might happen.'

It took me two years to get an appointment with Mr. Suga who cut my hair for the Olympics. Who knew? I had no idea that it would be popular.

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.

My father represented India at the Olympics, and I also want to do that.

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My true gold medal, though, is my daughter, Karsen, who is 18 months old. And I have a wonderful husband, Mike.

I have some really lofty goals that don't even scratch upon the Olympics.

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've been dreaming of winning gold medal in the Olympics.

The Olympics were life-changing for me. I felt I went in as a girl and came out as a woman.

The Olympics are never just about sports.

Sometimes I want to be a normal kid and go to the beach, but it's so motivating to think about going to the Olympics again. I'll only be 22 years old after Rio, and I can do whatever I want.