Quotes About Youth

I really listened to a lot of oldies. I didn't really listen to anything that was modern until I was 11 or 12.

When I was in high school, I fell in love with Olivia Hussey in 'Romeo And Juliet.'

My school has a bunch of actors and professional kids, like Chloe Grace Moretz, Odeya Rush, and Olympic gymnasts. Basically, anyone who has a job as a kid.

We have to harness the Olympic experience and this inspiration young people have to get into sport.

I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.

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.

When I was 10, I went to the Junior Olympics for the 50-meter and 100-meter breaststroke.

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.

Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics.

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.

I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics!

In 2010, I was 17 or 18 and thought, 'Yeah, the Olympics, that might happen.'

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.

I raced in London in the 2012 Olympics, and it was incredible to be a part of, with half a million people watching and then later seeing kids going back to cycle.

Sometimes I want to be a normal kid and go to the beach, but it's so motivating to think about going to the Olympics again. I'll only be 22 years old after Rio, and I can do whatever I want.

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

I started Little Athletics when I was five years old, but my Olympics dream started when I was 10 years old.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.