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Whether at the Olympic Games or during a Davis Cup tie I am extremely proud and honored to represent my country.
I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad.
Those Olympic lifters - how can you call someone the strongest man if he can't walk over to a car and pick it up?
It's humbling how my peers view me as not only one of the best Olympic power and weightlifters, but as an athlete.
Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at.
The reason I like Olympic boxing is that all the best fighters come together and find out who the best fighter is.
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
It's very special that the Olympics is in London. As a first Olympic experience, it's going to be pretty incredible.
To win an Olympic title when there are 205 nations taking part, you have to be super-human. You have to be superman.
Competing in show jumping is a school of life. And it's one of the few Olympic sports where men and women are equal.
To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a table tennis player.
Growing up, I would never have thought that I'd be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids.
To win Olympic gold has been a dream for me for seven or eight years now, so it was amazing to actually achieve that.
I grew up learning martial arts in Korea; my dad actually brought in an Olympic instructor to teach me as a teenager.
I was never invited to the White House. They invited that Olympic Russian gymnast - that little Communist, Olga Korbut.
I dreamed of turning pro as an Olympic medallist but I ended up turning pro as the kid who failed to make the Olympics.
Going to the Olympic Games is the greatest experience anybody could have, and you just don't want to let yourself down.
Due to my love for 'Harry Potter,' I have to say my celebrity crush is Emma Watson and my Olympic crush is Gracie Gold.
At nine, my mom used to tell me she saw an Olympic medalist in me. I used to take it as a joke, but she was very serious.
There was a time in my life I wanted that Olympic medal, and all I did was train, train, train and work harder than ever.
I think about Rio every day. Every day in training, it's something that drives me forward. I want to be Olympic champion.
I would encourage people to participate in sports. You don't have to dream of being an Olympic or a professional athlete.
The opportunity to represent my country at the Olympic Games is one of the greatest honors I've experienced in my career.
1988 Olympic Champion Brian Boitano was famous for doing a Lutz with one arm over his head. And I wanted to build on that.
That's pretty rewarding in itself coming from where I started. Obviously the next goal for me is to make the Olympic team.
From 15 or 16, I always wanted to be an Olympic champion, but I don't think you ever believe it until it actually happens.
The only thing that me and Muhammad Ali have in common is that we are both Olympic gold medalists and both very outspoken.
Nellie Kim, an Olympic champion from the former Soviet Union, got a 10 right after me in '76, but nobody talks about that.
Don't ever in your life do a World Cup and the Olympic Games at the same time. This will make your life almost impossible.
Tinder in the Olympic Village is next level. It's all athletes! In the mountain village, it's all athletes. It's hilarious.
It is effectively a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be involved, and the chance to win an Olympic medal would be amazing.
Who am I just to give up on track? This is something I've dreamed about since I was 9 years old, being an Olympic champion.
I dreamed of being a professional skater once. I wanted to be a Korean Olympic skater, but I wasn't good enough, so I quit.
I must refine my training every day to give myself the best opportunity to achieve my dreams during the Olympic Games in Rio.
I lost in the amateurs, losing a controversial fight that stopped me going to an Olympic Games - and it's not a nice feeling.
I have a lot of very happy memories of the Olympic Games, and the final against Nigeria and the goal mean an awful lot to me.
Although, you know it's been really nice to wear the Olympic kit, I'm looking forward to wearing non-sports, feminine clothes.
Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.
It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of responsibility I was given.
There's definitely football in the blood, but my body made my decision for me that I was going to be an Olympic athlete instead.
I will always be grateful for having that opportunity to be part of a home Olympic games. It is a memory I will cherish forever.
Making the Olympic team was the biggest thing I've ever accomplished. That was something I had to wait four years to accomplish.
It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania.
Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about it.
I had a dream as a young boy to be Olympic champion in boxing, and that's what I focused on with my father - making it a reality.
People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
We knew James Harden was good. You don't get named to All-Star games and win Olympic gold medals when you play like Darko Milicic.
In WWE, I focused more on Olympic lifting. I had to make sure that I was physically able to lift another human being at all times.
I'll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in the same games.