Quotes About Perseverance

I was like, 'I don't know if I could be an Olympian...' But my dad really influenced me to stay and be in the Olympics.

Hopefully I get to do more than one Olympics in my lifetime.

Just going to the Olympics would be a dream come true. I could finish last, and it would still be an amazing experience.

I feel like I'm always looking to continue improving myself. I'm always looking to win. I'm super competitive, so going into the Olympics, I feel like that's nothing different.

I'd love to be in the Olympics and face Felix Savon again. But if I can't, I'll make the best of it. Life ain't over.

I am not trying my best because it is the Olympics. I try my best always.

Gold slipped from my hand at the Rome Olympics and then from P.T. Usha at the Los Angeles Olympics. But it is my dream to see a boy or girl from India winning gold in the Olympics before my death.

I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics.

My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will.

Certainly, when I started bobsledding I didn't think of being in the Olympics some day.

The Olympics are a completely different beast. It's the most magical moment of your career.

I've done things, from the Olympics to defeating two of the greatest fighters of all time.

The Olympics are an emotional roller-coaster. You cant be too disappointed with results because things dont always go your way.

But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back.

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be.

The Olympics must be my curse or something.

I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.

Training for the Olympics was a lifelong endeavor and took many years.

I didn't think I'd be going for another Olympics.

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.

Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.

Olympics is everyone's dream.

My childhood dream was to win the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything else is icing on the cake.

People watch the Olympics because they want to believe in heroes; I know I did.