Libby Trickett Quotes

After the 2013 World Championships, I had three goals for the Olympics: to swim 3:56 or better in the 400-meter freestyle, break 8:05 in the 800, and win gold in the 200. I achieved all of those, and soon, it will be time to set some new goals.

The night has always been my friend. When I go out I feel good, then I always score goals.

But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.

I finished three years ranked No. 1, so the ranking doesn't matter anymore.

A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I'm doing. It's not always winning. People, I think, mistake that it's just winning. Sometimes it could be, but for me, it's hitting the best sets I can, gaining confidence, and having a good time and having fun.

I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.

When Lee and Jack win, it is good for golf. When I win, it is better.

I love the shot put because you win or lose by yourself. Either I get exposed, or I dominate. I always dominated because I trained to dominate.

Swimming isn't everything, winning is.

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

I'm always a competitor. I'm not there just to have a good time. I want to play well and perform well.

Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool.

I feel very confident in my skiing. I know I have a good chance to win any race I start.

The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants.

I suppose I'm happy when I know I've given a horse a good ride, no matter where it is. I like playing golf in the summer; I'm happy when I hit a good shot, and I enjoy watching Arsenal playing beautiful football, but overall I can't believe you can be happy when you're not winning. I honestly can't accept that.

She said I did good and I think she was happy with what I did. She just wants me to get my higher Start Value vault, which I'll be competing at Trials and, hopefully, the Olympics.

Whenever I put myself out there on the line, skating against other people, I simply want to win.

Just all that hard work, all those hours in the pool, I feel like it's about to pay off. I guess we'll just have to wait and see this summer.

I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about.

This Martina Navratilova is a real champion, but with the proper training, I can make miracles happen.

I did not even look at the scoreboard when my routine was done in 1976.

If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record.

When you play well, when you perform, you have to show every game that you are that good.