Georges St-Pierre Quotes

I enjoyed my 15 years at the top, and now I enjoy watching the current crop. What I did, maybe they can't do, and what they do, perhaps I couldn't do. It's like that. I wanted to simply be the best. On a professional level, I wanted to be No. 1, and I worked hard to be that.

I have been compared to Mao since we were both junior skaters. We've felt the rivalry since then, so we wanted to avoid each other. However, she has been my motivation.

Tiger Woods makes me a better athlete.

It is very good to be Olympic champion, but that is not the strongest field.

Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.

The Olympics is about letting people believe in their own dreams.

Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.

Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.

For me, I pride myself on every aspect of the game.

If there was no Bill Bowerman, there would have been no me. He had about as much of an impact on my life as any one person could have. He taught me about competition and ingrained it in me. He taught me not to praise ordinary performances.

I never thought of breaking a record. The only ambition I had was to become the fastest century maker for India, which I did when I broke Azharuddin's record.

It's great, just to even get mentioned in the category with the type of person like Dwyane Wade, one of the best NBA players in the league today. It's great, and that makes me work even that much harder to be better than him.

I want to win medals for myself.

Since I was 9 years old, I've been training to be a champion.

I didn't think I would have an Olympic medal at 21, but I knew I would give my best and play my game. I just viewed it as my first Olympics and that I would take it one match at a time, but to bring a silver home made me very, very happy.

I was always watching Dad lift trophies. That made me want to do what he does.

There's a lot said now about younger players: that it's just about the cars and houses. I'm from the old school - it's about what you've achieved in the game.

It is great that a goalkeeper as good as Iker has said that I could be the best of them all.

I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.

Of course I watch videos of my father's goals from time to time, while I also receive a lot of advice from him, but what you see on the pitch is the result of my own hard work.

I have always dreamt of going to an Olympics and watching these incredible athletes and being motivated and inspired to want to be successful in my own sport.

You want to play in the massive games. We all want to be out there, doing well for the country.

The guys who beat me didn't get 1,000 rebounds. I did. It's not my fault the other guys didn't play as many games.

I can take so much from someone like Mo Salah.