Michael Johnson Quotes

To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a table tennis player.

In Athens I was 17 and I didn't have any expectations. I was just swimming fast and racing everybody. I didn't have the joy after my races in 2007. I didn't want to go to Beijing. I had to for sponsors.

They usually say that after the Olympic Games, somebody's life changes forever, and a lot of times, it's the gold medalist. But I have a feeling that my life has changed forever.

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

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'

I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.

The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming.

An Olympic gold medal is something that almost seems like a fantasy. Yes, of course I want it, since I was a little kid, before I even knew what the World Cup tour was.

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

One of my goals is to play the Olympics in 2016. If you're able to represent your country in the Olympics everyone will understand you as a player and not many people do get to go to the Olympics.

When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself.

When you are nominated for the best player in Europe, the Ballon d'Or, playing in the Champions League, there is so much pressure. You don't know what will happen. This pressure is inside you - you always have it.

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.

I quite enjoy sport, and I'm now an Olympic champion. It's a bit weird, isn't it?

I think every time you step on the field you have a certain amount of pressure on you to succeed.

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

I cannot see a situation when I won't feel pressure to play well and win.

Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what I wanted.

You can freak when you are at the Olympic Games. There are millions of cameras. Everyone is watching every move. Some people will trip where they would never trip in a routine. It's the small thing that nerves really bring out in people.

It's really incredible to win an Olympic Gold in your home city.

As a kid I played in tournaments and my team won trophies but in my professional career I've not won anything yet. I'm hungry to get a medal around my neck.

The life of a professional golfer is precarious at best. Win, and they carry you to the clubhouse on their shoulders. Lose, and you pay the caddies in the dark.

You are under some sort of pressure to win any match. It is natural.

I think being world number one and world champion, pressure comes with that.