Eddie the Eagle Quotes

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.

When I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all.

Growing up with brothers, I've always been a very competitive person and also very involved in sports. So when I was younger, whatever sport I was involved in, I wanted to go to the Olympics for that!

So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I'll jot down more goals.

Certainly, when I started bobsledding I didn't think of being in the Olympics some day.

I need to spend some time at a club, but I also need to enjoy my football to play my best. I didn't lose my enjoyment at Inter. Sometimes I was disappointed, because every player wants to play, but I always did my best for Inter.

I had dreams in 2000 of being an Olympian for boxing. I never talk about it.

I am a professional footballer and as long as I'm able to make a contribution, I'll be doing all I can to stay at the top.

I'd love to have another chance to represent my country in the Olympics. If I'm healthy, absolutely... I'm very realistic when it comes to goals. I think it will all depend on my health.

For me, every practice and match I've played, it feels like the year is short and long at the same time. I'm aware of all the work I put in.

I'm not here just to walk two rounds or four rounds and just show up. I want to be able to be competitive, and I truly believe I can still be competitive when I'm playing well and feeling good.

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

What cracks me up is people who think I don't take baseball seriously. It's the most important thing in my life. They don't know how hard it is for me to get a bad game out of my mind. I still can't, but I'm getting better.

I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working.

As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

During the decathlon, I always think only of the next event and my personal record.

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

I'm slightly influenced by sport in that I like the idea of trying, like an athlete, to keep absolutely ready. That's an emotional thing, almost. I don't mean physically, although I play tennis. But you try to keep yourself ready.

I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.

I'm really trying to focus myself on playing tennis, and I think that's really important.

My goal is one individual gold. I know how hard it is: you have to have a good day; there can also be some problems with the weather.

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.