Quotes About 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.'

See, when I went to the Olympics in '76, the gymnastics people knew that I was good, but everybody else, after I won, everybody was like, 'Where's she coming from? Who is she? What is Romania?'

I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.

To work on the competition wear for the Olympics is kind of insane. As a fashion designer, you don't think to yourself, 'I'm going to get the opportunity to work with athletes at that level at the Olympic Games.' It really is such an incredible thing to have any kind of contact with as a designer.

I was deeply involved in the decision that President Jimmy Carter made to boycott the Olympics in Moscow in 1980.

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

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

At least two or three of the leagues in Europe over the last few months have said to us, 'We hope you go to the Olympics,' and I looked at them, and I said, 'Why?' and they go, 'Because if you don't send NHL players, we have to send our players, and that's way too disruptive to our season.'

When you're a little girl, and you're watching the Olympics, and you see this very diverse group of gymnasts out there, and - I think this team, the Final 5, will inspire so many little girls to go out there and do what they love.

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.

The question for every Olympics is whether the giant investment will pay off in the future.

I can't count on both hands how many Grand Prixs I've done and how many world championships I've been to, so I think I've really earned the experience to know that when I step on the ice at nationals and when I step on the ice at the Olympics that I feel completely aware of my environment and what to expect.

I have a black belt and used to compete when I was a kid! I did the Junior Olympics.

I'm looking forward to the fighting with no headgear - I'm jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear.

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.

NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years.

When you're a little kid, and you're, like, thinking about the Olympics, and you just have this big expectation, it just lived up exactly to that.

I think any city that does the Olympics takes on the world and has to grow and has to kind of assimilate all sorts of folks.

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

I have always dreamt of going to an Olympics and watching these incredible athletes and being motivated and inspired to want to be successful in my own sport.

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.

I've been to three Olympics, and they're cool and everything, but I feel like people just aren't grateful for what we have and the opportunities we have.

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.