It is fantastic, and I feel so honoured and privileged to win this gold medal [on being Britain's first of many gold medallists at the Beijing Olympics] View quotes by Nicole Cook
If I win the gold I might say nothing and just wander past him, hopefully with some kind of medal - a gold one preferably. I think I might dangle it in front of his face or something. [on how he'd react to a French rival who got him disqualified from a race!] View quotes by Ben Ainslie
All our hopes are pinned on one person - Paula Radcliffe. If Paula doesn't win gold then we are going to have a postmortem on this Olympic team. [she didn't win gold, but Britain came top 10 overall in 2004 Athens Olympics] View quotes by Roger Black
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medallist.' View quotes by Michael Phelps