Quotes About Success

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.

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

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

I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.

I've never been cocky. Even right now I don't like to talk about the Olympics.

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

I would love very much to win a medal at the Olympics for myself, by my own performance. But that will never happen.

The majority of people who get in the sport of gymnastics do not go to the Olympics or get a Division 1 scholarship, but it doesn't mean that they can't get something positive from the sport.

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

Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.

I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. The Olympics are the most important race. They're each four years, and everybody wants to show their best performance.

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My true gold medal, though, is my daughter, Karsen, who is 18 months old. And I have a wonderful husband, Mike.

I have some really lofty goals that don't even scratch upon the Olympics.

Winning the Olympics was an amazing feeling, but afterwards, it was a bit like, 'What do I do now?' So I lost a bit of motivation going back into training and competitions; I had so much pressure on me. I kept thinking, 'I'm the Olympic champion. I can't lose' - being only 19 and having to deal with all that pressure.

The Olympics were life-changing for me. I felt I went in as a girl and came out as a woman.

I didn't really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.

My dream is to get gold medal both in the world championship and the Olympics.

I think it's when I won the Youth Olympics I thought, 'I can really get gold in London.'

As a kid growing up, I was never like, 'I want to go to the Olympics,' so having to pass on 2012 because I was too young didn't bother me at all.

Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

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

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

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.