Bela Karolyi Quotes

I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.

Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.

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.

One of my goals is to play the Olympics in 2016. If you're able to represent your country in the Olympics everyone will understand you as a player and not many people do get to go to the Olympics.

To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a table tennis player.

Being an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability.

I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.

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

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

My father represented India at the Olympics, and I also want to do that.

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

I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.

It means a lot to be an Olympian. I'm obviously so grateful and feel so lucky I was able to achieve my dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.

I'd love to go to the Olympics. I grew up watching it on TV, and I was always very patriotic and passionate watching that. I'd like to give that back to my country, but I know I can't just walk into the side.

It is effectively a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be involved, and the chance to win an Olympic medal would be amazing.

I can't say that it's a dream come true because when I was growing up, I never dreamed of playing in the Olympics.

The opportunity to represent my country at the Olympic Games is one of the greatest honors I've experienced in my career.

It's amazing to get one Olympic gold, but you have to be a legend to get two. And that's definitely my aim.

My mom was a two-time Olympic champion and when I start to play hockey I dream that if I have chance to play for my country I will do it every time they ask me.

I've been to three Olympics. I gave it my all.

My ultimate dream was to get to the Olympics. I never thought I would come away with two gold medals.

Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what I wanted.

My dream is to have a medal from the Olympic Games, and I will do my best to have it.

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together.