A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.
The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.
You have to train your mind like you train your body.
It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won.
You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.
The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era.
I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes.
I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of trainers instead.
We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.
I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.
I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.
The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.
There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition.
An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honor that can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title to have won gold at the Olympics.
The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.
I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.
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