Quotes About Ambition

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

The Olympics is nothing I ever dreamed about. I dreamed about playing for Coach Knight and Indiana.

I borrowed a lot of money from my parents in the years leading up to the 2000 Olympics, and I worked odd jobs.

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

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

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.

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

I really wanted to come into the Olympics.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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!

In 2012, I thought that maybe I could be an Olympic gold medalist. It just came from sitting home and being injured and watching the Olympics on the TV.

For me, it would be the perfect summer to play in the Euros and then the Olympics. My desire is to play in both.

This may sound shocking, but I never dreamed about going to the Olympics.

It's one of the biggest disappointments of my boxing career, not going to the Olympics.