Quotes About Olympics

It was not about the guy who could jump the furthest; it was about the guy who could jump the furthest on that particular day in the worst conditions of any Olympic long jump final.

I'm not a celebrity. I'm just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.

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 think it was just me who thought I could be Olympic champion. I've been telling myself that, and I did that.

I just don't feel the Olympic spirit.

Women's marathoning was not added as an Olympic medal event until 1984 due to unfounded and bizarre concerns among Olympic organizers about women's ability to run longer distances. It was finally added after much campaigning.

One thing I've learned from winning an Olympic medal is that it's really exhausting.

Winning the Olympic gold was amazing.

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.

The FIS, BSF, and British Olympic Association have been trying to stop me competing internationally. They don't like the fact that I laugh and have fun and entertain the crowd.

If you're from Argentina, you don't dream about these things. You probably dream about being in an Olympic game, but winning it? Going there and beating the NBA stars' team... you don't dream about that.

In 1974 or 1975, if someone had told me I was going to be an Olympic champion, I would not have believed it. Even in 1976, I'd not have believed it.

I still really haven't sat down and said 'yeah, I'm ranked No. 1 in the world and I'm an Olympic Gold Medalist.' It just hasn't hit me.

Calzaghe and Mayweather both got booed in the early part of their careers and look where they are now. I'm used to it, though, in the Olympic final I got booed by the Cubans and the Chinese so I'm ready to deal with it, do what I do and beat what is in front of me.

The saddest part of my career has been missing the Olympic medal by one-hundredth of a second.

How can you top an Olympic gold other than, you know, getting a second Olympic gold?

I got an Olympic medal.

I'm happy to see that more girls are going into weightlifting and aiming to become Olympic medalists as well.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

I have always wanted to compete in the Olympic Games.

I came back from the Olympic Games, and straightaway, I'm this role model. So that means I can't mess around with my mates like I used to because, if I do, people are going to use it to knock me down.

Ever since I was a kid and all the time I have played in the NHL, NHL players have played in the Olympic Games.

Most people should be given a chance to compete in the Olympic Games.