Olympic Team Quotes

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
Michael Phelps

Thought, Team, Olympic

I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.
Shawn Johnson

Team, Dream, Goals

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Tough, Team, Making

My training has been going really well these past few days and my goal is to keep it up for the next few weeks and hopefully earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.
Sasha Cohen

Past, Goal, Training

I got beat real hard and heavy in the Olympic Games in 1968 by a guy who swam an incredible race one time in his whole life, but he did it right at the right time. I'd like to be that guy now. Maybe that's what I'm going to have to pull out of my hat to make the Olympic team.
Mark Spitz

Life, Time, Real

The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country!
Barbara Mikulski

Women, Best, Different

I'm hoping that maybe everyone on the Olympic team thinks that I'm worthy to carry the flag. That's my next goal, to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies, if everyone chooses me.
Picabo Street

Goal, Team, Everyone

When you're on the Olympic team at 15, you don't do anything else. There's no normal social development, and your decisions are made for you.
Cathy Rigby

Made, Team, Else

Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers.
Alicia Sacramone

Fun, Career, After

Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, 'I want to make an Olympic team. That's where I want to be.'
Eric Shanteau

After, Old, Team

I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how many points I could score because if I couldn't guard anybody, I wasn't going to make the team. I knew to make the team I had to become a better defender. If you can play offense, you can defend. It just comes down to competitive will.
Doug Collins

Care, Down, Remember

If I had tried the Olympics any younger, I wouldn't have been as prepared as I am right now. But there are definitely a ton of juniors out there, all around the world and in the USA, that if there was no age limit, they could definitely make the Olympic team.
Aly Raisman

Age, Team, Around

There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.
Natalie Coughlin

Become, Team, Early

That's pretty rewarding in itself coming from where I started. Obviously the next goal for me is to make the Olympic team.
Libby Trickett

Goal, Pretty, Team

It is pretty amazing. My parents, who came from Nicaragua to the U.S. - who would have thought that they would have American kids on the Olympic team? I think that's the epitome of the Olympic dream.
Diana Lopez

Amazing, Parents, Thought

I really feel like that concept of enjoying the now and not worrying about the future is what my coach has been trying to teach me for 14 years - and that is what has made me such a different athlete 10 years later, and that is what has made me strong enough mentally to make this Olympic team.
Melanie Roach

Future, Strong, Different

When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.
Dana Torres

Focus, Through, Team

I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team.
Amnat Ruenroeng

I had been on the junior Olympic team in high school for trampoline; I could do twenty-six back flips in a row.
Steve Tyler

School, Team, High

I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would be an Olympic athlete. It always seemed to evolve.
Dick Fosbury

Moment, Team, Until

In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for.
Bob Beamon

School, Said, Team

My greatest honour was to be included in the Australian Olympic team in 1992, 1996 and hopefully 2000.
Rhonda Cator

Greatest, Team, Hopefully

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