Quotes About Achievement

I remember watching the '96 Olympics. For some reason, I was like 'Oh yeah, I'm going to go to the Olympics some day.' At that time as a kid, I did not know for what sport or really anything.

I've been to three Olympics, and they're cool and everything, but I feel like people just aren't grateful for what we have and the opportunities we have.

The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that's a very difficult achievement.

Sometimes thinking about the Olympics makes me a little nervous.

The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning.

Getting to the Olympics was the hard part.

I won the Olympics. This is a dream, dude.

When I was 5 years old, I told my grandmother I was going to play hockey in the Olympics. Fifteen years later, I competed in my first Olympics.

Because sports are a religion, it's difficult to imagine a world without the Olympics, and to be sure, they have given us many glorious moments.

The Olympics have always been very special to me.

Once, every four years, you get an opportunity to compete in the Olympics. You have these six dives that decide whether you're an Olympic medallist or not, which is quite intense.

I've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young.

I never really wanted Big Air to be in the Olympics.

I know everyone has Olympic dreams, but if you really think about it, you just don't want to go to the Olympics. You want to be a gold medalist at the Olympic Games.

I look back, in an endearing way, on that time of my life when I was competing at the Olympics.

The more I think about the Olympics, even from afar, its mere concept stuns me. I can't think of any other line of work where, every four years, people gather to be ranked one, two, and three, then are more or less told to evaporate until the next go-around.

Growing up with brothers, I've always been a very competitive person and also very involved in sports. So when I was younger, whatever sport I was involved in, I wanted to go to the Olympics for that!

If I had to be in the Olympics, I suppose I would do the javelin throw.

You ask any Olympian what the year after the Olympics is like - you always get the Olympic blues.

I didn't make the Olympics, but I beat a lot of the guys that went to the Olympics, so I felt I was at that level even though I didn't make it.

It's quite an honor to be selected to represent my country in the Olympics.

When I plummeted into infamy in the Calgary Olympics, I never thought that a film would be made about my life.

My dad saw it as a goal before I did, when I was 12 years old. I didn't think competing in Olympics was possible until I was 16.

It means a lot; I always love to represent my country, and it's an honor to be part of the Olympics and be with other athletes.