Elana Meyers Quotes

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.

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

For me, 'Cool Runnings' was amazing because I always wanted to bobsled and go to the Olympics.

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!

I had dreamed of being at the Olympics since I was 7 years old.

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 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.

Sometimes I want to be a normal kid and go to the beach, but it's so motivating to think about going to the Olympics again. I'll only be 22 years old after Rio, and I can do whatever I want.

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

A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.

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

It always has been a goal of mine to compete in the Olympics. Right after I graduated from college, I moved out to Salt Lake City with my mind focused on making the 2014 team.

I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.

I had a strong desire to become an archer from the very first time I tried it. I forgot my other ambitions. I just wanted to compete in the Olympics.

I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.

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

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

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

I was running track early in my years and I was breaking track records in sprint running. I was training and I wanted to be in the Olympics. I thought I was going to be able to win a gold medal, and my mind was pretty much set on 'this is what I want to do'.

I look back, in an endearing way, on that time of my life when I was competing at the Olympics.

A college athlete is going to be competitive. You don't get to that level if you're not.

I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'

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.

My parents were proud of the fact that I was playing cricket, they used to ferry me around during the weekends to play the game.

As a league player, for myself, you strive to win a comp. I'm lucky enough to have achieved that... but most sportspeople would love to go to the Olympics, and I haven't achieved that.