Apolo Ohno Quotes

I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012.

I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.

I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate on average 20 kilometres a day. On top of that, we're riding a lot and lifting a lot of weights.

You can not be in top five in Olympic after just one year's preparation.

I need to continue to be wise, be efficient and prepared for every game that I play leading up to the Olympics.

In my perfect day, I wake up next to the woman of my dreams, and she's crying tears of joy because she's so excited about the life we have together. I'm preparing to compete in the 2016 Olympics with U.S.A. Team Handball, so I head to an intense training session with my coach to increase my physical strength and athleticism.

For every athlete, Olympics is the target, but mine is a little different. I am focusing on improving my timing; that's what I think about.

My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.

The Olympics are what I work for. They're why I spend so much time in the gym.

Training for the Olympics was a lifelong endeavor and took many years.

I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results as what's going to be inevitable for me.

These have always been my legs. I train harder than other guys, eat better, sleep better and wake up thinking about athletics. I think that's probably why I'm a bit of an exception.

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.

I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.

Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.

I think if I just do what I do every day, on the extraordinary Olympic stage, I could be a podium contender.

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.

You have to be that 1 percent or 2 percent better physically so you have more power and energy left than your opponent when you go to a third set.

Athletes peak for the Olympic Games and can take months to get back up to that level.

Success in sport is based on you thinking you are doing something to gain that edge, but if I wanted that little bit extra, I would go and run up sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr.

People turn professional and they are not running as fast as they did in college because it is a lot different, but I wanted to make sure that I didn't have that kind of transition and always stayed on top.

I have one thing in mind: make the most out of football.

Yes, I could win the Olympics. I hope to, and that's what I'm training for. But it's really going to come down to me racing on that day... Just being really calm and mature about what the reality is - that's my strategy.

I've definitely got better over the years at conserving my energy in pre-season - at knowing what to focus on and what to let go.

Once I'm in training camp, there's no beer, there's no soda, there's no bad food. There's no anything. It's eat, sleep and breathe training.