Ashton Eaton Quotes

Serena Williams is the greatest tennis player of all time, the greatest female athlete of all time, the greatest athlete of all time.

Bolt put the Mobot on the map, to be honest with you! He's just an amazing guy.

A lot of people wish they could be in the house with the greatest of anything. I just so happened to live across the hall from absolutely, positively the greatest women's basketball player ever.

Michael Phelps is a sporting god among men. It is hard to say if anyone will ever match his accomplishments, but it has been an honor to see him become a legend. He makes me proud of the American sports institution and proud of the sports that get mass attention only every four years.

Messi's career is a cinema script.

I would say that Breaking2 was my best race because I was running against something no one had done before.

'Jim Thorpe - All American' influenced me as a young kid.

Usain Bolt won the gold for the men's 100- and 200-meter dashes for the second Olympics in a row. You know, he has been running since he was in elementary school - kind of like Mitt Romney.

Bray Wyatt is one of the most captivating characters to come down the pike in ages.

Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the land; I'm the fastest man in mixed martial arts.

I am very glad not only to complete the grand slam, but to become Olympic champion alone makes me happy.

Popov was double Olympic champion in '92 and '96, and then Gary Hall came along and won in 2000 and 2004, and I would be the next on the list. That's a good goal, to have my name on that list alongside these guys.

I'm in awe of any Olympic champion, for sure.

For me, Messi is the greatest player in history, the greatest player I've ever seen.

The hunger has come back now because I want to be a double Olympic champion. I want to be a legend.

I won't say I'm the new Usain Bolt, I'm the new Christian Coleman.

Growing up, I would never have thought that I'd be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids.

I wanted to be one of the best players of my era at my position. And I did that, and I earned that. No one gave that to me. I earned every single thing.

Winning that gold medal at the Olympics is something I'll never forget.

To be one of the first British females to get three gold medals, to join Laura Trott in doing that, is a huge privilege.

When I picked athletics, I knew I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

On the street, I'll hear, 'You made the Olympics for me,' or 'I love what you represented.' Only occasionally is it, 'You were a flop, an also-ran, a loser.'

My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast!

I ran my first race the end of March, 1976. And less than four months later I was Olympic champion. But I had the background. It's not like I just ran one day and all of a sudden became a champion. It was a lot of work.

There's never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach.