Pierre de Coubertin Quotes

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

Amazingly enough, athletic achievement is one of those things that seems larger than life at points. I think we all look to sport for inspirations.

I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.

I play this game to be the best tight end I can possibly be and win as many football games as I possibly can.

I'm nowhere near Barry Sanders. But that doesn't take anything away from my game.

I just want to enjoy football and show the best I can do.

I just want to be as good as I can be with any opponent I have and hear everyone say 'that was her best match ever.'

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.

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself.

I've always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances.

You know, I don't only play for the record books.

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.

I loved gymnastics. I was eager to compete. I was hungry to go out there and be the best in the world, and I had that determination.

My parents were athletes; they met at a track meet: they were runners.

To be with the other two-time gold medalists is great, but it's great to just be a decathlete.

I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.

If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record.

What does it prove, running in the AAU meet?

I strictly want to beat every opponent I face, whether it's for a title or for a small show. The only thing for me is winning my fights and being the best athlete I can be.

My job is to get out there and try to become the best basketball player I can be.

If you see Michael Johnson running a race, and he beats someone by three strides, that's really dominating, but it's beautiful.

I can honestly say I want to be one of the best to ever play the game.