David Rudisha Quotes

The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career.

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

My one and only focus at the Olympic Games is to win a gold medal.

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

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

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

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

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

I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.

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.

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

The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.

A gold medal at the Olympics is hard to top.

My dream is to get gold medal both in the world championship and 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.

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

I had a great season and truly enjoyed competing around the world - from Monaco, where I managed to establish a world record, to Beijing, where I finally captured my first world outdoor title.

The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that's a very difficult achievement.

The ultimate dream of an athlete is to compete in the Olympics. For us athletes, that is the zenith. There is nothing beyond that.

The Olympics are a completely different beast. It's the most magical moment of your career.

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

Seriously, I love the Olympics so much it hurts.

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.

Coming in as a veteran, I'd like to finish with a gold medal.

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.