“I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.”— Michael Phelps, mashable.com
“I don't think it matters your body type. I think if you're passionate about something you can go after it and I hope I can be an example for that.”— Allyson Felix, mashable.com
“Peace is knowing that I did everything I possibly could have done, that something beautiful will come out of this, and that I will come back stronger than before.”— Missy Franklin, amazon.com
“On the podium, everything is the same whether you are 40 or 16.”— Oksana Chusovitina, mashable.comTagged: Olympics 2016
“I know I'm a good and honest person and if I put hard work in I would be able to reach my goals.”— Sarah Robles, mashable.com
“I told myself: listen don't panic. Take your time, chip away and work your way back in."”— Usain Bolt, mashable.com
“I'm not naturally the most confident athlete. But if my coaches tell me that I can run a certain time, I believe it with no question. Then that's it, that's decided, that's what I'm going to run.”— Emma Coburn, amazon.comTagged: Olympics 2016
“This moment is not about me, it's all about my coaches, my friends, my family that believed that when I was a six-year-old kid that I could do it.”— Joseph Schooling, mashable.com
“I went from having surgery to being one of the top 15 men in the country by the age of 17. That shows me how much you can improve if you really want something bad enough.”— Jake Dalton, mashable.comTagged: Olympics 2016
“It's not about winning at the Olympic Games, it's about trying to win. The motto is faster, higher, stronger, not fastest, highest, strongest. Sometimes it's the trying that matters.”— Bronte Barratt, mashable.comTagged: Olympics 2016
“You need to have guts when you’re up against it. You need a dream, a goal and above all your family.”— Oscar Figueroa, rio2016.comTagged: Olympics 2016