Libby Trickett Quotes

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

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

To be among the world's greatest athletes and compete for Team U.S.A. while knowing that the entire world is watching is something that athletes dream about. To be able to experience that was truly special.

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.

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

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

It is an honor to represent my country in the Olympics.

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

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.

If you are in your sport for your country, you should be able to go to the Olympic Games and represent your sport for your country bringing people together in the interests of sport. It's a fantastic Olympic ideal, and I uphold it as much as I can.

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.

I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia.

Seriously, I love the Olympics so much it hurts.

The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best.

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

My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support of the entire Cuban society, to carry my flag in whatever competition I was in, the Olympic Games, Pan-American Games.

If the Olympic Games ever served a true altruistic purpose, they have long since outlived it. Yeah, the pursuit of athletic excellence, sportsmanship and international goodwill is plenty noble. But the modern Olympics are at best a vehicle for agitprop; at worst, a scandal magnet.

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

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

I'm proud to be part of any Olympic team.

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.