David Cameron Quotes

The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background.

It's an Olympic Games, at the end of the day, and to represent your country at the Olympics is about as good as it gets. Put a gold medal on top of that, and it doesn't ever get any better.

But you know we couldn't compare what we do with what the British athletes did at the Olympics. We are very proud to be British and if we have done our bit to promote Britain in a historic year for the country that's brilliant.

To play in the Olympics, to play for your country, there's nothing like it. You love doing it and I'm looking forward to it again. We're all looking forward to trying to win another gold.

I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium.

The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

Winning Commonwealth gold was just totally unbelievable.

For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.

As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that a bit of wasteland will be made nice and b) that it tends to make everybody happy that their country should be the centre of world attention for a couple of weeks in their life.

I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.

All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.

This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China's relationship with the outside world.

When you win the Olympics, you hope that the medal that you get, that weight makes it feel like you really earned something.

Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander.

Victories in sport do more to cement the nation than 100 political slogans.

A gold medal at the Olympics is hard to top.

The 2012 Olympics is a fantastic incentive for everyone to help leave a sporting legacy and show that Britain is truly a great sporting nation.

To reach the heights of a truly global sport, in a sport as difficult as this, is a monumental achievement.

Winning the World Cup was just the most emotional experience.

The opportunity to represent my country at the Olympic Games is one of the greatest honors I've experienced in my career.

I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. To be going to the Games in your own country is another thing; to do it as a potential medallist is another thing again.

To be among the world's greatest athletes and compete for Team U.S.A. while knowing that the entire world is watching is something that athletes dream about. To be able to experience that was truly special.

It's what every kid dreams of: winning a World Cup for your country. There's nothing that will ever, ever beat that or even compare to it.

It's quite an honor to be selected to represent my country in the Olympics.