John Stockton Quotes

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

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.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

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.

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

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

To play in the Olympics, to play for your country, there's nothing like it. You love doing it and I'm looking forward to it again. We're all looking forward to trying to win another gold.

There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren't a lot of guys who have a chance to win a gold medal, too.

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

I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.

I was so proud to have the chance to be able to represent Canada at the Olympics in Vancouver.

Representing your country at any level is amazing.

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.

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.

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.

The World Cup is the ultimate moment for any player. It is the opportunity to defend your country in the biggest tournament in the world and the moment the whole world will watch you play.

To play a World Cup for your country is everything you dream of.

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

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

People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about it.

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.

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.'

I am hugely proud to have played for Ireland.

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.

All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.