Quotes About Rio

Every time I drive into Rio from the airport, I see the city for the first time and think how strange it is.

I am training 8-9 hours a day and will give my best shot for Rio.

The support down here in Rio has been amazing - between my family, Team U.S.A. and Team Kellogg's, I've felt so much love. This whole experience has been a dream come true.

I am going to Rio with a chance of a medal.

Rio has been absolutely epic. I did leave my heart out there, and I wanted to do everybody proud.

Living in Rio is dangerous sometimes.

Before Rio, I had never been at the top of the velodrome track but now I train from the top of the track.

I advise everyone with plans to visit Brazil for the Olympics in Rio - to stay home. You'll be putting your life at risk here. This is without even speaking about the state of public hospitals and all the Brazilian political mess.

I want more gold medals. I only got two in Rio so it would be nice to make it four.

I used to go to the beach everyday in Rio!

My goal is to peak big in Rio because my goal is to win gold.

My performance at Rio gave me closure. I did my best and could not have done any more.

The opportunity to be a part of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio is a huge milestone in my career, and it will be the biggest performance of my life.

I'm moving to Rio permanently with my family. It's one of the places left in the world where people still live with a big charge of poetry on a daily basis. I feel we've kind of lost that here in Europe.

Rio de Janeiro has captured my imagination.

Rio 2016 is definitely on my mind, and I would really like to go to some more World Championships before that.

I want to show that I have the same attitude to the game and personality that my hero had. I only ever met Ronaldinho once, at a charity event in Rio.

I'm so happy that I was able to make it to 120 games for Germany; 175 games would have been possible. I've had many great moments, but particularly the way the fans supported me and the road to the final in Rio.

Zico was my idol. He was a very good player from Flamengo, and I was a Flamengo supporter from Rio de Janeiro. I was always looking for him and saying I want to be like him. He's my big hero.

The World Championship gold was a surprise and took a lot of pressure off in terms of qualifying for Rio, but I still need more points, and winning in Manchester would be massive for me.

I tried not to cry on the podium, I tried to enjoy this moment. I did enjoy Rio but was trying to go well that I didn't really, it's a bit overwhelming.

When I set my eyes on the gold at the world championships, I was able to maintain that focus that whole day. That's what I aim to do in Rio - my focus is gold, so I can keep in that good state; I can't get too complacent. I can't relax; I can't be content. I need to be 100 per cent switched on.

I had only been cycling for a year before I went to Rio.

Rio in four years; I've got more inspiration in the last two, three weeks. I'm sure I'm going to get more in the Paralympics in the next coming weeks, so by the end of this season, I'm going to take a month off, and then the next four years is going to be good.