Debi Thomas Quotes

I am putting pressure on myself to do my best and perform to my potential.

This was a special week and a special victory for me. I played some great tennis.

You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.

It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.

I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work.

I have learned from the first Olympics, of course. When I went to my first Olympic Games, I experienced all of the pressure and was able to win the gold medal. I try not to feel the pressure, and I try not to be nervous when I am on the ice and when I compete.

As a player you are always made to feel welcome, but at the same time, there is too much pressure.

Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.

Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.

My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream.

I would have been a frustrated man had I not achieved what I wanted to achieve as a cricketer.

Making the Olympic team was the biggest thing I've ever accomplished. That was something I had to wait four years to accomplish.

It's always been a dream of mine to be an Olympian.

I have always dreamt of going to an Olympics and watching these incredible athletes and being motivated and inspired to want to be successful in my own sport.

Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.

It's a difficult place being on top because, for me, beating the Average Joe has no significance, but for the Average Joe, beating me could be the biggest match of his life, potentially.

I just want to make sure that I'm competing every day and giving my best effort, because everything else just falls into place.

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

When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London.

That is what all the top players do and if you want to be the best you know you are going to get marked.

I could've easily gone the other way, but luckily, I had football and the dream to play in the NFL so I could do something positive with my life.

I did almost everything in my footballing career.

We put pressure on ourselves because we want to be so great; we want to be the best team possible that we can be.

I want to win a national championship; that's been my dream since I was a child.

It's all fun and games when you're scoring goals but there will be a time when I'm not and I just have to try and keep doing the same things. Hit the target and, you know, see what happens at the end of the game.