Quotes About Dedication

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.

I didn't know about competition or the Olympics until Peggy Fleming won in 1968. My mother looked after all of the competition stuff. I just skated. I didn't really love competition, but that was the only way to get better. You'd see more talent.

I've been dreaming of winning gold medal in the Olympics.

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 really wanted to come into the Olympics.

I need to practice every day to be at my best for winning the third gold at the Rio Olympics.

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

I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. To be going to the Games in your own country is another thing; to do it as a potential medallist is another thing again.

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've always said the Olympics are special to me.

Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.

The Olympics is a dream of mine.

I always say, 'When the Olympics are happening, you shouldn't be in any other place in the planet - you should be here.'

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

Gymnastics is so huge in the Olympics. There are a lot of fans who want to see more.

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.

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

As an athlete in my sport, you always want to go to an Olympics.

I have always dreamt of going to an Olympics and watching these incredible athletes and being motivated and inspired to want to be successful in my own sport.

The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that's a very difficult achievement.

The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning.

Getting to the Olympics was the hard part.