Kelita Zupancic Quotes

Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.

When I was in high school, we won our state championship my sophomore year. We worked so hard that year because we had lost in the state championship the year before.

My only aim is to win an Olympic medal.

It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of responsibility I was given.

That's why we play. That's why we train. That's why we do everything in the offseason. It is to win a World Series.

To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together.

You hit one level of the sport, and then you want to get to the next level. Until, eventually, the Olympics becomes part of that dream, part of that goal set and the mindset of wanting to get there. And then you realize there's so much incredible hard work and determination and effort that you need to put in along the way.

I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.

There is nothing better than to make it to the College World Series. All of the extra reps in the weight room, all of the early morning practices, and all the hard work spent the entire year makes it worth it.

This season is my most special and most cherished. All my focus is on getting that championship back here.

When you train six to seven hours a day to be the best in your sport, you don't want that to be overlooked. I don't train for my looks.

I want to win a gold medal in London.

To be honest with you, I never looked at soccer as a sacrifice.

Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a crucial career decision to say, 'This is something I want to do,' I want to leave no stone unturned in my preparation.

I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.

The life of an athlete does have to be lonely and you have to be focused on your craft and what you do. Loneliness is just a sacrifice you make as an Olympic-level athlete.

With athletics, you put all that training in for only two major championships a year and the Olympics every four years. So when you get on top of the podium, it is relief and excitement and... Oh! it has all been worthwhile... the hard work, the sacrifices.

I feel like the thing that motivates me is not making the Olympic team. If I'm having a rough day, I think about how bad I want it.

Being an Olympic athlete doesn't change who you are as a person.

Until the moment I stop playing football, I want to win more titles.

It wasn't an easy journey to participating in the Olympics. It has taken me 14 years of training and hard work.

It's tough to win championships no matter what.

My deal, I want to be the best to ever play the game and I try to bring that same energy for my team, laying it all on the line for them.

The reality is being an Olympic windsurfer is bloody hard work, and it is a huge commitment.

As an athlete, you have to become quite selfish with your time and your body and your training.