On the podium, everything is the same whether you are 40 or 16.
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Quotes tagged ‘Olympics 2016’
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.
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.
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.
You need to have guts when you’re up against it. You need a dream, a goal and above all your family.
I am the greatest.
My balls hurt, but my arms hurt more ... not sure what to ice first. Prepare some beers boys, I am thirsty after that.
It is so hard to be able to achieve something so big and not be able to share it with someone who is so close.
My doping is training. My doping is Jesus. Otherwise, I’m crystal clean.
There were definitely sloppy moments for us, and ones that will haunt us for the next four years.
I think the biggest thing is understanding how much pride and passion each of these boys had to put on the green and gold ... I just hope everyone back at home could feel they were on the journey with us. It was one helluva journey.
I’m not going to judge a lifetime of success by a maybe less-than-perfect performance at the end.
The perfectionist in me, the elite athlete I’ve been for so long, just finds it really hard to comprehend that result.
That was one of the best efforts I think I’ve seen from an Australian sporting team. Unfortunately, it’s courage in the face of defeat. Nothing else matters other than the result, and we pulled up just short.
This is one of the best things that has happened in my life. Now (the critics will) have to swallow what they said.
They competed under gigantic pressure. Let’s give these kids a break. Sometimes you take actions that you later regret. They had fun, they made a mistake, life goes on.
I’ve been lucky enough to play a few good rounds along the way but that was the most special.
I just had this gut feeling. And I thought ‘I think it’s going to happen’.
I was up at Christ the Redeemer and I had a moment up there when I looked down and I visualized the moment at the start where that Olympic final will take place.
It couldn’t have come off any better, it was perfection, nearly.