I’ve seen the success of Mary Kom at the Olympics… We stayed in the same flat. If she can win a medal after being the mother of two, why can’t I?
For me, ‘Cool Runnings’ was amazing because I always wanted to bobsled and go to the Olympics.
You’ve got to stay in pretty good shape to be a pro wrestler, and all the TNA wrestlers get a bit nervous when I wrestle them because they’re afraid I’ll tire them out, but the Olympics is a whole different level.
I’m proud to say that my sister was the first female boxer in the Olympics. That’s history. She made her mark. And that’s what you want to do in any sport.
It’s empowering and uplifting to hear the Special Olympics athletes share their journey and what’s helped them to get to where they are today. I had no idea how much I’d learn and grow by taking part in Special Olympics. It’s made me think about my own journey and what’s important in life.
I was running track early in my years and I was breaking track records in sprint running. I was training and I wanted to be in the Olympics. I thought I was going to be able to win a gold medal, and my mind was pretty much set on ‘this is what I want to do’.
Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I’m not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020.
Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals.
When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father’s words that I was hearing, not the coaches’. ‘I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.
I’ve met kids right out of the Olympics who tell me they can’t wait to be introduced by me. After a fight, fighters say, ‘Being introduced by you, what a thrill.’ That’s probably the best compliment I can get.
If I had to be in the Olympics, I suppose I would do the javelin throw.
The Chicago Special Olympics prove a very fundamental fact, the fact that exceptional children – children with mental retardation – can be exceptional athletes, the fact that through sports they can realize their potential for growth.
Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.
Bobsled boils down to three things – your equipment, start, and drive. To win the Olympics requires all three.
I definitely carry a little bit of a burden with me, being a gay athlete going to the Olympics. I think that there’s pressure on me… It presents an amazing opportunity, and I think that it kind of gives us a chance to shed people’s misconceptions and just kind of, like, break down barriers.
Ever since they announced that golf would be returning to the Olympics, I thought, ‘Hey, I wanna get myself on the team.’ It has always been my dream.
I tried out for the London Olympics, missed it by a little bit, gave it away for a while, and wasn’t sure I wanted to wait for another four years.
I come from the ghetto in Brazil, where we don’t have a lot of career opportunities, so I’m sure my family and people who live there never imagined that one day I’d become a singer and be able to perform at an event like the Olympics.
It’s the Basketball Hall of Fame, not the NBA Hall of Fame. So, for basketball, I played in Olympics; I played in the Junior Olympics. With what I’ve done and given to basketball is all Hall of Fame.
I feel very fortunate. I feel like an Olympian. When I watch the Olympics, I cry because I have been through that journey.
The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.
I won the Olympics. This is a dream, dude.
The first time I ever wore a shoe was in 1955 during the trials for the Melbourne Olympics.
When I think of the Olympics I only think of good things. I think of what a great event it is and what it has done for me and my career, and changed my personal life, too.
When I watch the Olympics I become such an emotional wreck. I’ve always loved the Olympics, be it the summer or the winter Olympics.
After the 2013 World Championships, I had three goals for the Olympics: to swim 3:56 or better in the 400-meter freestyle, break 8:05 in the 800, and win gold in the 200. I achieved all of those, and soon, it will be time to set some new goals.
Every time I turn on the Olympics there is somebody that I know and have had intense conversations with, and that’s cool.
I knew very little or nothing about the Olympics. Having qualified was itself a big achievement for me, and then being there was quite overwhelming. Although I lost in the opening round, but the fact that I fought well was enough for me to take away from Athens.
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.
Everyone wants to make the Olympics. Everyone wants to pretty much just play on the team or at least try out.
If you were watching the Olympics, you absolutely saw a ‘Voice’ ad. You could not escape that ‘The Voice’ was on, so it was really well done by Seven.
What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of my life.
Gymnastics is so huge in the Olympics. There are a lot of fans who want to see more.
The Olympics is about letting people believe in their own dreams.
When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the mustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it – and everybody was talking about it – that I decided to keep it.
Nothing against the Olympics. I played in 2012 and it was an incredible experience. It’s different for tennis players than for swimmers and track and field athletes. That’s the pinnacle of their sport and not so much the pinnacle of tennis.
I’d love to be in the Olympics and face Felix Savon again. But if I can’t, I’ll make the best of it. Life ain’t over.
The Iron Sheik come from Iran where I went to Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling.
When I was 5 years old, I told my grandmother I was going to play hockey in the Olympics. Fifteen years later, I competed in my first Olympics.
I’m trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There’s no point concentrating on the 50 when it’s not in the Olympics. I’m not going to quit the 50 but it’s not my priority any more. I’ll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.
I’ve been living in England for a while, and I am still trying to figure out why we have Great Britain playing the Olympics together and England in football.
I have confidence in how I’ve trained and prepared myself. I’ve dreamed about the Olympics for a long time, and it would be kind of silly and a waste to freak myself out.
The inclusion of slope style in the Olympics is cool. I think it’s going to be a total breath of fresh air. The Olympics needs us more than we need it.
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.
Whenever you put on the Canadian jersey, it’s an honor and it would be a huge honor to represent us at the Olympics.
You think about all the years that a USA volleyball team has been in the Olympics and have tried and have fallen short. Then to feel like you’re pushing for something and you’re trying to find that edge and then you finally do it, it’s like, Whoa, it worked!’
The Olympics are just different. I’m not sure why; the pipe’s the same size, the board you’re riding is the same, you’re competing against pretty much the same people. But the Olympics is the Olympics, and I know it’s a really big deal.
I saw U.A.E. play at the London Olympics for the first time and I was really impressed with how they played against the likes of Great Britain and Uruguay.
I always thought the Vancouver Olympics would be my last destination, but I’m extending it to Sochi… I want to start anew, not as an Olympic medalist but just as yet another figure skater.
I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on.
I wore No. 24 at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada – one bib on the back and one on the front – and those are like my medals.
I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.
The Olympics were produced absolutely the same way from 1960 through 1988. It was always the Western World against the Eastern Bloc. You didn’t even have to spend one second developing the character of any of the Eastern Bloc athletes. It was just good guys and bad guys.
The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.
From the time I started boxing, my dream was to win an Olympic gold medal. At 10, I can’t say I knew how big the Olympics are. I just knew that every kid in the gym wanted to win an Olympic gold medal. Every kid in every gym probably wants to win an Olympic gold medal.
The more I think about the Olympics, even from afar, its mere concept stuns me. I can’t think of any other line of work where, every four years, people gather to be ranked one, two, and three, then are more or less told to evaporate until the next go-around.
