Quotes About Athletics

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

Winning for your country in the Olympics is the ultimate dream for any sportsperson, and I am determined to do it.

I hope I will get a chance to compete in the Olympics.

The Olympics in '92, I didn't contribute that much. I had more to do with winning the National Championships than I did the gold medal.

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

A gold medal at the Olympics is hard to top.

I don't think I could ever make 155. I made 163 for the Olympics, and that is a super low weight for me. I'm a fairly big person, and for me to make 163 was incredibly difficult.

It's a great feeling to earn a place in the Olympics.

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

The Olympics is one of the memories that will always be with me. It changed my life for the better.

I think we could really play the Olympics.

Going to the Olympics would have been great.

I wanted to make it clear I wouldn't play in the 2020 season and the Olympics, but don't think it's the right time to put retirement out there.

It is extremely difficult to get a medal at the World Championships, even more than the Olympics. And when one is not 100 per cent prepared, it is next to impossible to win a medal there.

For me, 'Cool Runnings' was amazing because I always wanted to bobsled and go to the Olympics.

I represented Mexico trying to go to the Olympics.

Every time we play, we want to win, that's for sure. It may be the World Championship, the Olympics, the NBA Championship or the South American Championship, but we always want to win.

Winning that gold medal at the Olympics is something I'll never forget.

I have always said the Olympics was a great grounding for me, to have that pressure on top of me, the whole nation watching you in my own country.

Everyone wants to make the Olympics. Everyone wants to pretty much just play on the team or at least try out.

All boxers are OCD. You can see a bit of OCD in me before I go into the ring. I can't put on my right boot before my left. It's the same with my gloves. It's got to always be the left foot and the left hand first. I would freak out if I did it differently. I have to do the left first because that's the way I done it when I won the Olympics.

I fell in love with athletics watching the 1980 Moscow Olympics, aged seven. I thought: 'These people aren't human, they're immortal.'

I am playing the Olympics for my country. I know how hard I worked.

I wanted to do whatever I can for Olympics. I just want to give my best shot.