Kim Yuna Quotes

I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe.

Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.

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

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.

I'm proud of what I've achieved in cricket, as once I didn't think I was good enough.

I didn't think I would have an Olympic medal at 21, but I knew I would give my best and play my game. I just viewed it as my first Olympics and that I would take it one match at a time, but to bring a silver home made me very, very happy.

A coach told my mum I had talent and I would make a very good skater.

I've always dreamed of an Olympic medal.

You know, I never looked down the road and said, 'Hey look, one day, the Hall of Fame.' It's always about playing each and every game 100 percent and I thank my teammates for getting me into the Hall because football is a team sport, not an individual sport.

I didn't know about competition or the Olympics until Peggy Fleming won in 1968. My mother looked after all of the competition stuff. I just skated. I didn't really love competition, but that was the only way to get better. You'd see more talent.

You hear all these stories about, 'There's one in a million guys that make it to the NBA and stay there.' To see people cheering for me and when they say my name, it's just crazy. It's still crazy to me.

I'm not for the flashes; I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know. I just want to win, I want to be good at what I do, um, and look back upon these days of playing in the NBA.

This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here.

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

It is very good to be Olympic champion, but that is not the strongest field.

I am happy with everything I achieved in my football career. I don't think I could have done any more.

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.

My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating career.

I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals.

I'm very proud to be a professional tennis player. I'm really happy to be doing something that I love. With this comes responsibility, and I am honored when I am told that I have inspired someone to play tennis.

My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.'

I've never wanted to just ride on coat tails. I don't know, if you don't earn something then it doesn't feel as good.

A few years after I finished skating, someone asked where my medals were. I'm like, 'In a suitcase somewhere.' Now they're nicely displayed in an ice rink, but medals don't really mean that much. It's the experience, the story of the skating, the love.