Sam Mikulak Quotes

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that.

I have achieved a lot and I'm grateful for that - I'm just a bit greedy because I want to add the Olympics. It's once every four years - everyone wants it and very few people get it.

The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.

My one and only focus at the Olympic Games is to win a gold medal.

I have always wanted to compete in the Olympic Games.

I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.

Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.

My goal is to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, and I'll fight and continue going until I do that.

Unfortunately, there are not many people in the world who get to experience the Olympic Games.

My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics.

I've been dreaming of winning gold medal in the Olympics.

Personally, just being able to compete in an Olympics, being part of an Opening Ceremony wearing a green jacket with the rest of the Australian Olympic team, would be a more than a dream come true.

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

Every guy that I've talked to would love to have that opportunity to go, and I don't think there's one guy who's ever said that they don't want to go to the Olympics. That's a dream and something that very few people get to realize.

I think it's when I won the Youth Olympics I thought, 'I can really get gold in London.'

As an athlete, my first Olympic experience was Sydney 2000. I remember seeing people getting medals, and I thought, 'Wow, that's where I want to be.'

This may sound shocking, but I never dreamed about going to the Olympics.

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

To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.

And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration.

The Olympic dream was born in 2010 during the qualifications to Vancouver. And when I was watching those Olympics from the sidelines, I felt that I wanted to have my Games. I understood that it wouldn't be easy to make them, especially now that in Russia there are a lot of strong girls.

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal.

I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.

I did get to go to the Olympic trials in '88 and '92. I was 7th and 11th, so I didn't place high enough to go to the games, but, still, it was a blast.