Jonathan Brownlee Quotes

I wanted to be a world champion.

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.

Hopefully I can be one of the best midfielders in the world. That's what drives me on: to try and achieve that and to try and go on and win many things.

I think about Rio every day. Every day in training, it's something that drives me forward. I want to be Olympic champion.

I remember watching the '96 Olympics. For some reason, I was like 'Oh yeah, I'm going to go to the Olympics some day.' At that time as a kid, I did not know for what sport or really anything.

I want to be the best Blazer - ever.

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

I am motivated by trying to win trophies.

As a footballer, you still have to dream.

Sport is my passion but I have a way to go.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working.

My dream was always to win in the Olympic Games, but I never set that next goal, and I have realised now I need to set another goal.

Personally I just want to win a championship.

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.

I secretly liked acting, but I wanted to play football. It was an enormous dream.

Olympics is everyone's dream.

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

And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.

Even in past years, when I wasn't in the Super Bowl, I wished I was.

I was always really inspired by watching the older girls competing, just seeing other Olympians do great things, and I just really wanted to be a part of that whole experience. And to be able to represent USA was always a goal of mine.

I just wanted to be an athlete.

It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.

I had great football players. To be quite truthful, my great football players, the ones who wanted the ball at the end of the games, they weren't focused on money. They want to do something great. They want to go to Pro Bowls. They want to win Super Bowls. Those are the people that succeed in sports - or in business.