I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics.
Brian Boitano

I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running.
Cathy Freeman

I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.
Lee Trevino

I planned to stop in 2002 after the Salt Lake City Olympics. I felt able to remain competitive another four years, and I wanted to stop while I'm still at the top.
Hermann Maier

I really want to do the Olympics. Obviously, I can't let things out of the bag, so to speak.
Mark Roberts

I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.
Hakeem Olajuwon

I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.
Frank Shorter

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment.
Clara Hughes

I think the Olympics could help us reach more people.
Graeme Murphy

I tried to make the Olympics team in 1956.
Bruce Dern

I'm actually the daytime host of the Olympics on NBC.
Jim Lampley

I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is.
Will McDonough

If there's anything that is the center of my career both creatively and emotionally, it's the Olympics.
Dick Ebersol

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.
Jesse Owens

Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued.
Eric Heiden

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event.
Peggy Fleming

In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
Will Rogers

In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do.
Greg Louganis

In terms of my career, having the gold definitely changed my life. The Olympics are different, you know? They're every four years and it's such a small group.
Kristi Yamaguchi

It was pretty extensive - we worked out 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 3 months, which I think is more than anybody in the Olympics. I thought well I don't need this, the girls need it, but it was a gift.
David Carradine