Quotes About Ambition

I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.

The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.

My only aim is to win an Olympic medal.

Jim Thorpe is someone I've always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football player from back in the day. I'd love to play him. And then there's a guy called Iceman who was a top hit man for the mob. I would love to play him. Actually, it's sort of in the works, so I hope it goes through.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

As a kid growing up in Latrobe, PA, I could dream about being an Olympian like Jesse Owens or Johnny Weissmuller. I could also dream about being a great golfer like Bobby Jones or Byron Nelson. But the idea of being an Olympic golfer never occurred to me.

I want to be European, world and Olympic gold medallist.

Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.

At nine, my mom used to tell me she saw an Olympic medalist in me. I used to take it as a joke, but she was very serious.

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

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

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.

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

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.

I feel like the thing that motivates me is not making the Olympic team. If I'm having a rough day, I think about how bad I want it.

I thought I was going to jump further than that, but I don't care - I'm Olympic champion.

I'm looking towards that Olympic medal and that Olympic gold and what it's going to take to get there.

I'm not really sure if I will go back to school. I'm getting old! So I'm not really sure if I have time to go back to school to be a dentist. But hopefully I'll be an Olympic gold medalist.

I had a dream as a young boy to be Olympic champion in boxing, and that's what I focused on with my father - making it a reality.

I saw a chance to make the 1988 Olympic boxing team and forgot all about football.

There was a time where I was on top of the world, an Olympic hopeful.

You don't win the Olympic to make millions. People are always like, 'Where is your Lamborghini?'

I have always wanted to compete in the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games and the World Championships will be my big goals.