Medal Ceremony Quotes

When I'm on planes, I'd talk to people and I'd tell them I compete in the X Games. Some would know what it was, but maybe half didn't. But everyone knows about the Olympics. They're really like the X Games for the world!

The Olympics is not really about the sport, it's about the story behind the person. You keep the sport relatively simple to understand - let the fans understand that a takedown is 1 point, a turn is 2, a pin and the match is over. Keep it simple, and keep the story on the individual.

If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright.

I remember seeing the Olympics when I was 13. I always wanted to know how it felt to stand on top of the podium hearing your country's anthem while watching your flag being raised in something you poured your heart and soul into.

After I came back from London with a gold medal, my focus straight away was to defend it four years on.

I remember watching the 2002 Olympic Games and watching the men's event. I just started figure skating, and I remember thinking how cool it would be to be there.

In para-cycling I am a veteran with Olympic medals now.

Life has changed after Rio. Winning a silver medal was a huge moment for me. It has come with a lot of responsibilities.

I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.

It's important not to make the gold medal bigger than it is.

I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.

It was truly an enjoyable moment in my life that I will never forget having the opportunity to play for two gold medals. But I think nothing sticks out more than winning a championship in 1991 for me.

You can get a big gust of wind, and your Olympics are over.

The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background.

I look back, in an endearing way, on that time of my life when I was competing at the Olympics.

I've been dreaming of winning gold medal in the Olympics.

London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal.

I'm chasing that gold medal.

I want to win a gold medal in London.

Going to the Olympics would have been great.

I am going to Rio with a chance of a medal.

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.

The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event.

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

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.