| For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth. |
| My will to live completely overcame my desire to win. |
| I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best. |
| It has been said that the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games is something that an athlete will remember for the rest of their life. It is true. That moment when you walk into the Olympic Stadium as part of the Australian Olympic Team,is a moment that I will never forget. |
| If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| My only focus was the Olympics because in my sport,that is the ultimate. Everything is geared toward that,and my entire life was geared around getting there and winning gold. |
| At the Olympics,you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country. |
| Everything about the Olympics was first class,and women were treated as athletes and equals. |