Dominique Moceanu Quotes

The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal.

I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium.

For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.

When you win the Olympics, you hope that the medal that you get, that weight makes it feel like you really earned something.

It's an Olympic Games, at the end of the day, and to represent your country at the Olympics is about as good as it gets. Put a gold medal on top of that, and it doesn't ever get any better.

It was truly an enjoyable moment in my life that I will never forget having the opportunity to play for two gold medals. But I think nothing sticks out more than winning a championship in 1991 for me.

Well, I do feel that I carry the responsibility of representing my country wherever I am, and this responsibility came with the success that I had in last couple of years, not just myself but the whole group of tennis players that comes from Serbia. And athletes in general are, in this moment, the biggest ambassadors that our country has.

The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background.

As an athlete, I've always been very proud to represent the United States.

Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a successful gymnastics career and, most certainly, the confirmation that my parents' sacrifices were not in vain.

Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I think, the definition of being American.

To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, 'You're better than the Cassius of old.'

When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.

The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country!

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

A gold medal at the Olympics is hard to top.

I love track racing and I'm proud to be a British cyclist and proud to pull on the jersey to represent my country.

As athletes, we want to represent our country to the best of our ability.

Winning for your country in the Olympics is the ultimate dream for any sportsperson, and I am determined to do it.

It means a lot; I always love to represent my country, and it's an honor to be part of the Olympics and be with other athletes.

Everything I do is for a gold medal for this country.

There is no higher honour in sport than being selected to represent your country and I have certainly taken great pride in always giving my best in my position as Fed Cup captain.

The World Cup focus is football. Team U.S.A. is more than football.

I've won the African Cup, I've won an Olympic gold medal. That says everything.