Russell Mark Quotes

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.

I've been to three Olympics. I gave it my all.

I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after my O-levels, and I remember sitting in a dining-hall filled with the world's best athletes.

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

A gold medal at the Olympics is hard to top.

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.

The ultimate dream of an athlete is to compete in the Olympics. For us athletes, that is the zenith. There is nothing beyond that.

Becoming an Olympian is the ultimate reward for any athlete.

I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.

I would love very much to win a medal at the Olympics for myself, by my own performance. But that will never happen.

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. The Olympics are the most important race. They're each four years, and everybody wants to show their best performance.

It's never easy at the Olympic level. Russia, Romania and China always are contenders.

I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.

I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.

The incentive of a medal at the biggest sporting arena in the world is what drives me. Before I hang my gloves, I want to win the Olympic medal, and my performance at London will decide my future in the sport.

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.

The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.

I look back, in an endearing way, on that time of my life when I was competing at the Olympics.

No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.

It is an honor to represent my country in the Olympics.

I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.

My dream is to get gold medal both in the world championship and the Olympics.