Lizzie Armitstead Quotes

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

I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.

I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team.

I'm a prideful person when it comes to competition.

If you're on the varsity team, the responsibilities are a lot bigger and there's more stress, but you also walk around feeling probably like you can hold your head high.

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

The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.

Football is one of the main things I can look back on with pride.

Going to the Olympic Games is the greatest experience anybody could have, and you just don't want to let yourself down.

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

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.

Who cares if you get last place. This is the Olympics. Making it is the hard part.

Playing for Canada changed my career.

That's the neat thing about the Olympics - so many of these athletes, they don't make a ton of money, they train for four years to compete, and they realize, 'Look, this is a blessing that I have this chance to represent the United States of America.'

This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud.

I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest.

When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team.

The biggest thing for me is just to get out on that field. Just to do that will be incredible.

My success isn't a result of arrogance - it's a result of belief.

I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.

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.

The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the human spirit. Personally to me, it represents striving to be the best in whatever we do, never giving up despite the odds, and a commitment to health and fitness.

I knew very little or nothing about the Olympics. Having qualified was itself a big achievement for me, and then being there was quite overwhelming. Although I lost in the opening round, but the fact that I fought well was enough for me to take away from Athens.

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.