“My greatest honour was to be included in the Australian Olympic team in 1992, 1996 and hopefully 2000.”
Rhonda Cator
“Not every young person can win an Olympic medal or even make the Olympics teams, but every young person has a body that is a gift from God that ought to be maximized in terms of health and capacity. So I ask for your help in that,”
Hillary Clinton
“The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal.”
Mitch Gaylord
“You can't usually fall twice and still make an Olympic team. Until I went down, though, I'd been doing very well. I just told myself that one mistake probably wouldn't beat me.”
Matt Savoie
“The year after the Olympics is always an interesting year. The Australians are getting better and better. . . . Each team is pushing each other to get better. It's good for the sport of swimming and it's good for both teams.”
Natalie Coughlin
“Anytime you walk around the corner, all you ever hear about is Mike and the '80 Olympic team. This group of guys, we have a strong feeling of pride in playing for our country.”
Rick DiPietro
“This was a year when the Olympic team should have been bigger. I know we'll have a good team, but we'll be missing some people who I personally hoped would make it.”
Johnny Weir
