Quotes About Athletics

I damaged my hamstring at the London Olympics and had to stop training for five months. At times, I thought my career was over.

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

The Olympics is a dream of mine.

I always say, 'When the Olympics are happening, you shouldn't be in any other place in the planet - you should be here.'

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.'

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

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.

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.

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

The Olympics have always been very special to me.

I love my country. That's the thing about the Olympics. You're doing it for your country.

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 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.

Bobsled boils down to three things - your equipment, start, and drive. To win the Olympics requires all three.

It's important that the Olympics are motivating to young people and inspiring to all, and the only way to do that is to ensure clean performances, free of cheating.

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.

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.