Rulon Gardner Quotes

In life, you either watch TV or you do TV. I told my daughters that the only way you're going to make it in this business is to get in the game. That's the biggest advice I can give them.

Every year it's a decision whether you're going to run again.

I learned long ago you run unopposed, or you run scared.

I will return and I will be a million.

We have a renewed energy and vigor in our supporters and we are no longer so frightened about the future.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.

We will burn the old grass and the new will grow.

I enjoy competing, and I love to get out there, and I feel like I could compete with anyone in the world, and it took me a long time to get like that.

If you're a true warrior, competition doesn't scare you. It makes you better.

I always said that I took a lot energy, a lot of time for me to recover and come back to the sport and join back in F1, but I would like to stay.

I love putting a chip on my shoulder. It's just more motivation to go out there and show my ability.

I think any fight you get into, you've got to shine and show that you deserve to be up there.

I'm a guy who just wants to win and prove myself.

I've always gone through adversity in this game, and I've always overcome it. My middle school coach told me that I was probably a better hockey player than a football player, and that still drives me every day.

Every now and then, you'll get one of those days when you're feeling rubbish or when you have to pretty much drag yourself out of bed to get to training. But then you'll see the Olympic pool, and all the excitement and adrenaline will come rushing back.

I've made history, I've just beaten one man, who's to say I can't beat more?

Every time I bomb out, I have to come back. I have a feeling after a bad race that my next one will be good.

I never fear my opponent, for me he only represents a new challenge to conquer.

Let the losers worry about losin.

Whenever I am with energetic young people, I feel like a recharged battery.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

A comeback is possible so let's hope it's a good day for us. Arsenal is a very fast team but we can get through.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

Can't nobody touch me right now. Maybe next month all of this will be over. But this month I'm takin' every movin' target out.