Quotes About Olympics

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.

When I was 5 years old, I told my grandmother I was going to play hockey in the Olympics. Fifteen years later, I competed in my first Olympics.

One of the most common misconceptions about Olympic sports is that they only happen at the Olympics.

Because sports are a religion, it's difficult to imagine a world without the Olympics, and to be sure, they have given us many glorious moments.

Women's combat sports have been on a good run in the United States. Claressa Shields won a gold medal in women's boxing at the London Olympics in 2012, when it became a medal sport. American women won medals in taekwondo and judo as well.

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've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young.

I never really wanted Big Air to be in the Olympics.

The Olympics is all about inclusion, coming together for sport. That's the footprint I want to leave.

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.

The more I think about the Olympics, even from afar, its mere concept stuns me. I can't think of any other line of work where, every four years, people gather to be ranked one, two, and three, then are more or less told to evaporate until the next go-around.

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!

In 2012, I thought that maybe I could be an Olympic gold medalist. It just came from sitting home and being injured and watching the Olympics on the TV.

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.

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

When I plummeted into infamy in the Calgary Olympics, I never thought that a film would be made about my life.

My dad saw it as a goal before I did, when I was 12 years old. I didn't think competing in Olympics was possible until I was 16.

It means a lot; I always love to represent my country, and it's an honor to be part of the Olympics and be with other athletes.

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