I really want to do the Olympics. Obviously, I can't let things out of the bag, so to speak.
Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.
The Olympics meant everything to me. Going through them is like nothing else you will ever experience. For those few weeks, you are in another world. At that point, I couldn't see how there could ever be anything better.
When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.
I was ecstatic when we won - to host the Olympics is one of the biggest opportunities in living memory. It will help change the lives of young people and transform east London.
Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt.
There are tons of great names who have gotten fourth at their first Olympics, and they just kept with it for the next quad. I'm among good company.
If the Palestinian Olympic Committee or Palestinian Federation provide good facilities to the athletes then maybe I can become better than these Bahraini or Qatari athletes.
Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.
We have made drugs an Olympic event. It receives most of the coverage at the Games and even the suspicion of guilt can ruin a reputation for life.
You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that.
I would love to do well one last time in Melbourne and my dream would be to win Wimbledon and play in the London Olympics.
Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at.
You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.
Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.
Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement.
Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.
If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.
As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.
Everybody in the Olympics is paid. Lindsay Vonn is going to make a million dollars whether she skis or not.
