Adam Rippon Quotes

It's really incredible to win an Olympic Gold in your home city.

I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done.

My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics.

Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a successful gymnastics career and, most certainly, the confirmation that my parents' sacrifices were not in vain.

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

A gold medal at the Olympics is hard to top.

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

To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a table tennis player.

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

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

An Olympic gold medal is something that almost seems like a fantasy. Yes, of course I want it, since I was a little kid, before I even knew what the World Cup tour was.

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.

A lot of guys get out of wrestling immediately after winning a gold medal. Every time another Olympics comes around, it's always a bunch of fresh faces. For me, to win an Olympic gold and have a chance to win another would be huge for our sport.

I can't say that it's a dream come true because when I was growing up, I never dreamed of playing in the Olympics.

It's amazing to get one Olympic gold, but you have to be a legend to get two. And that's definitely my aim.

I know everyone has Olympic dreams, but if you really think about it, you just don't want to go to the Olympics. You want to be a gold medalist at the Olympic Games.

I've won the African Cup, I've won an Olympic gold medal. That says everything.

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

Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what I wanted.

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

Anything other than a gold medal will be disappointing.

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.