Alberto Del Rio Quotes

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

The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.

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

I believe that if I can qualify for the Olympics, I have the skills to compete at the highest level and do good for my country.

I think when you play for your country, in whatever sport it is, that's the biggest accomplishment in the world.

That's something I've always wanted to do, compete against other countries.

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

Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

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.

The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best.

Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate.

If the Palestinian Olympic Committee or Palestinian Federation provide good facilities to the athletes then maybe I can become better than these Bahraini or Qatari athletes.

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

My father represented India at the Olympics, and I also want to do that.

I'm proud to be part of any Olympic team.

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.

Sports is an imitation of war - it is peaceful, without arms, but there is fierce rivalry in it. Sports demonstrate that Russia is a great power.

Our sport probably has the best history and tradition of being engaged in international competition.

I'm a guy who wins medals rather than runs fast times, so for me, what keeps me going is winning medals for my country and making my nation proud.

Having played in U.S.A. in 1994, in France in 1998, as well as the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan - the first on the Asian continent - I have witnessed the excitement and passion unleashed in those different parts of the world.

I knew from the start I wanted to play for the United States of America.

It would be fantastic to play against Germany and Brazil.

To be called up to the national team is what you want.

I'd love to go to the Olympics. I grew up watching it on TV, and I was always very patriotic and passionate watching that. I'd like to give that back to my country, but I know I can't just walk into the side.