Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I've been training like an Olympian.
I'd like to be a three-time Olympian.
You're either an Olympian or not in swimming.
It's always been a dream of mine to be an Olympian.
Becoming an Olympian is the ultimate reward for any athlete.
Being an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability.
Being an Olympian, I always have this strong belief in excellence.
I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments.
My style of comedy is probably absurdist, observational, and Olympian.
I had dreams in 2000 of being an Olympian for boxing. I never talk about it.
When I came into the gym, I wasn't just some guy. I was a two-time Olympian.
Cejudo would be awesome. It would be an honor to go out and fight an Olympian.
But I like it when my patients are impressed not knowing that I was an Olympian.
The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.
I was as popular as you can be - All-NBA, Olympian. You couldn't get any higher than where I was.
I'm a two-time Olympian, but ever since I was a little girl, the Olympic dream has influenced me.
You ask any Olympian what the year after the Olympics is like - you always get the Olympic blues.
There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian.
The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best.
To be part of something special, to be an Olympian and have the chance to win a medal - it's an amazing feeling.
I was like, 'I don't know if I could be an Olympian...' But my dad really influenced me to stay and be in the Olympics.
I feel very fortunate. I feel like an Olympian. When I watch the Olympics, I cry because I have been through that journey.
It's always something that's played on my mind, being an Olympian, so hopefully we get there and do the job at the World Cup.
When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won't mention his name but when I asked for his autograph he said, 'no.'
I'm a two-time Olympian, but on the front and back end of both of those were two Olympics where I narrowly missed making the team.
I am the face and ambassador of sambo. The organization I'm working is trying really hard to make sambo a sport on the Olympian level.
As an Olympian, I wear that flag and I've gone all over the world. I've represented the United States, so I have a deep pride for our flag.
I went to the Avengers: Age of Ultron and I'm like, "These guys are Olympians now." There's no place for a Walter Matthau in a movie anymore.
It means a lot to be an Olympian. I'm obviously so grateful and feel so lucky I was able to achieve my dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.
I've had some experience in track and field in school, but I did have to train to be able to play Jesse Owens - to be a runner, to be an Olympian.
I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.
You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.
It won't change that I'm an Olympian if you call me a football player, and it won't change that I'm an NFL player if you call me a track and field athlete.
I think of myself as an Olympian. I have had a dream since I was a very small child. And because I have parents without whom I couldn't have realised that dream.
To be an Olympian - not many people can say that. But first of all, I've got to make the team, and I know a lot of hard work is going to go into it, so hopefully it pays off.
I went to college, George Washington University, and played softball there. I also played professionally but with the real goal of being an Olympian and making the Olympic team.
Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire landscapes with nothing.
People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in.
When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.
I remember watching the summer Olympics as a kid and knew that I wanted to be an Olympian one day. At the time, snowboarding wasn't in the Olympics, but I knew that wouldn't stop me.
I hope that as a professional snowboarder, Olympian, and now, a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics, I will be able to change perceptions about people with intellectual disabilities.
I was exemplifying the Olympian who took up a challenge as a sportsman, without a trainer, in a country without mountains and without snow. And, inside of two years, I was representing my country.
We all need to figure out what's right for us because nothing about life is one size fits all. Even for an Olympian, that's for sure. And such discovery starts with you paying attention - to yourself.
I was really good at a young age, but every day I had to walk in the house, and walk past my dad's jersey framed on the wall because he was an Olympian, so I was like, all right, I haven't done anything yet.
My stepdad is Bruce Jenner, the Olympian. The first time he came over was like a blind date, and we had show and tell. He took out the gold medal for me and my sisters, and we were like, 'So? Who the hell are you?'
I think to actually be an Olympian to me means that you've trained most of your life, or you've dedicated most of your life or a big chunk of your life into doing something that you believe that you can accomplish.
I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that.
When I saw the 2010 Games and speed skating, I had a change of heart. I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.
Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work for their children who have the notion that writing is an actual profession. I say this from experience.
I really, really wanted to be an Olympian. My parents knew about this dream of mine, and they suggested I try my hand at bobsled. They'd seen it on TV at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002 and thought it would be a good sport for me.