Quotes About Inspiration

What I find about Olympic games is there's so many fantastic stories, and the celebration of sport, and to be involved in that is the honor of our lifetime.

Getting to the Olympic Games was my gold medal.

I've always wanted to be an athlete, I loved sport and PE in school and always watched the Olympic Games on TV.

I became real good friends with John Stockton and Karl Malone and am still good friends with them to this day. It was always good to go see them and then play with them in the 1996 Olympics as well. I idolized John Stockton at the time, I tried to model my game after him.

Let's not forget that the Paralympics, just like the Olympics, are built on a rich history.

I had dreamed of being at the Olympics since I was 7 years old.

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.

I'd always loved sports, and the Olympics were something I thought about often as a kid, but those dreams felt like a lifetime ago.

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

I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.

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.

The Olympics are great, but they only truly mean something when the moments that come out of them are bigger than the individual sports.

Especially in the car ride to and from gym. I find myself spacing out a lot, just visualizing what the Olympics would be like and just having such great role models.

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

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

If there's anything that is the center of my career both creatively and emotionally, it's the Olympics.

I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics - you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully.

The Olympics is about letting people believe in their own dreams.

One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it's different and feed off the enthusiasm of everyone and the inspiration and hopefully that will elevate your performance.

I will remember all the days at the Olympics.

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

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.

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

Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.