Quotes About Athletics

In the 123rd minute of the semifinal game at the Olympics against Canada, I scored the game-winning goal that brought us to the finals. You can't replicate those do-or-die moments in practice or a friendly game.

The quality of competitors abroad really pushes your timings, something that's tough to replicate in the country.

I definitely look to people like Usain Bolt and Sanya Richards and especially Allyson Felix, being an American athlete who went pro right after high school. Of course I would like to replicate that career, but obviously as a 1500-meter runner.

You can never replicate the pressure you're under in a game.

I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.

It's an honor to be able to represent our country, and I'll go out there and play hard for the U.S.A.

The best gift I could give my father would be to represent India in the Olympics. If I can do that in 2016, and even win a medal, it will be fantastic.

It's an Olympic Games, at the end of the day, and to represent your country at the Olympics is about as good as it gets. Put a gold medal on top of that, and it doesn't ever get any better.

Let me do what I do best. And that's to run and represent my country and make my country proud.

I didn't find out about the Paralympics until I was 18 years old. Once I found out what the Paralympics were, I was so excited to know I had a chance to represent my country and wear Team U.S.A. on my back.

My father's NFL dreams never really felt like motivation to me, but it was something to aspire to. He was such a great athlete, the least I could do is try and use my athletic talent to represent my country in a different way. He represented as a Marine. Maybe I could do something to represent as an athlete.

The Olympics, you're in front of the world, and yeah you're competing, but you want to look good. You want to have a great representation of who you are.

We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way.

I just keep doing me and representing the sport the right way.

I love badminton, and representing China is an honour for me.

For 20 years I've had the privilege of representing Canada around the globe... first on the bike and then on my blades. The experiences have shaped me into who I am today.

To be on the world stage carrying our flag and representing the U.S. Paralympic Team is a huge honor.

Being from the Midwest, everyone knows I take pride in representing the U.S. and to have my own racket and bag is really nice.

I think it's important at the end of the day you know obviously playing in the NBA is a great thing, but representing your country at the highest level is something totally different.

The Olympics is about representing your country, and if you get an opportunity to play you give it all you have.

I think the joy, the satisfaction and the pride of representing Brazil is a lot.

Baseball is my first love, and it's what I know, and it's what I'll do until I can't do it anymore, and I'm still hungry to do that.

Australians are hungry for sport. They love it. They're addicted to it.

Obviously, as a young, young, hungry fighter, I'd like to be fighting three or four times a year.