Quotes About Achievement

I didn't really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.

I really wanted to come into the Olympics.

My dream is to get gold medal both in the world championship and the Olympics.

In 2012, I was over the moon to be there, especially as it was our home Olympics. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I just wanted to take everything in.

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

I started Little Athletics when I was five years old, but my Olympics dream started when I was 10 years old.

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.

As a kid growing up, I was never like, 'I want to go to the Olympics,' so having to pass on 2012 because I was too young didn't bother me at all.

I've always said the Olympics are special to me.

Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.

The Olympics is a dream of mine.

Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'

See, when I went to the Olympics in '76, the gymnastics people knew that I was good, but everybody else, after I won, everybody was like, 'Where's she coming from? Who is she? What is Romania?'

I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.

I've been to three Olympics. I gave it my all.

I don't know how many great Brazilians have played in the Olympics and not been able to win it.

When you're a little girl, and you're watching the Olympics, and you see this very diverse group of gymnasts out there, and - I think this team, the Final 5, will inspire so many little girls to go out there and do what they love.

The Olympics, as a little kid, it was such a big goal that I created for myself, and I was able to push through and make that happen.

I have a black belt and used to compete when I was a kid! I did the Junior Olympics.

I can't say that it's a dream come true because when I was growing up, I never dreamed of playing in the Olympics.

When you're a little kid, and you're, like, thinking about the Olympics, and you just have this big expectation, it just lived up exactly to that.

As an athlete in my sport, you always want to go to an Olympics.

I have always dreamt of going to an Olympics and watching these incredible athletes and being motivated and inspired to want to be successful in my own sport.