Michelle Beadle Quotes

Diving has been in the game for years. Probably the coverage the game gets now, with all the cameras around, it gets highlighted a bit more. But it hasn't got any worse.

As of right now, I'm still waiting to meet Halle Berry. And she is single.

The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete.

I am a big fan of Chad Johnson. I think that I would compare myself to him as well.

The booing and the drama help make the Olympics interesting, but at what cost? When will people finally get tired of it and start watching the X-Games or competitive tire rolling instead?

Great night. Phelps got a gold. How sick is that.

I don't want my Olympic experience to be about Mike Pence. You know, I want it to be about my amazing skating and being America's sweetheart.

If you want a lot of endorsements then you'd pick the Olympics. But I've had a passion for the Tour since I was a kid. Let's put it this way: it would be harder to win a stage on the Tour de France so that would mean more. I'd take the Tour win first - but I'm aiming for both.

I take a lot of pride in my first '92 gold medal.

I've been overlooked, praised, questioned, lauded, labeled, celebrated, and derided - sometimes all in the span of a single week. That's life in the NFL.

Tyson Fury, he wants to be relevant. He wants to be in the scene. I like the guy too. I'm a big fan of him. I like how he is. I like his energy.

I play my best when I'm enjoying myself. So whoever I play against, I try to have fun.

To be an Olympian - not many people can say that. But first of all, I've got to make the team, and I know a lot of hard work is going to go into it, so hopefully it pays off.

Competition keeps you young. It motivates you. It challenges your ego. Messi and Ronaldo have this with each other.

It would be simpler going to an Olympic Games knowing you had to nail one trick that you've done a hundred times, and if you do it, you'll win. Or if you're a swimmer, if you swim a certain time, you will win. In BMX, there are no guarantees.

I think 'American Idol' has prepared me for anything.

Any chance we have to skate for another Olympic medal, it's amazing.

Olympic athletes are a different breed. We're not dealing with million-dollar contracts. We don't do the sport for those deals. We do the sport because we love the challenge, the battle. We love to be an American.

A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.

Hopefully I can be one of the better players to play in this league. That's what I'm working for.

Anything other than a gold medal will be disappointing.

I have to keep performing well for club and country. That's what I always want to do. If I do that, then that extra media attention comes towards me.

I try to respect everybody around me, especially at speedway races.

I have the unique distinction of being on the only Olympic team to lose without controversy, and the only Pan Am Games team to lose without controversy.

I will hold my head high in Rio and do my best for Great Britain.