Greg Rutherford Quotes

I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.

Winning the Diamond League with a personal record, it's like icing on the cake.

Coming in as a veteran, I'd like to finish with a gold medal.

As a sophomore, I wanted to play varsity in three sports. And I accomplished that. It was a great feat that year, and something I held special. I wanted to bring a championship team to Oceanside High School, and it happened. It was a great year that I will never forget.

I won the first contest I ever entered, when I was 6.

Athens is a great place for me. It is my second home. It's where I won my first world championship medal, it's where I set my world record.

I am Olympic champion for life, and I have learned to enjoy what that means.

When you win by three touchdowns in a state championship and you've got people who can't appreciate that? That's really sad.

The World University Games Gold medal was a great confidence booster for me. It highlighted my talents, my performance and dedication.

I had a lot of wonderful accomplishments in the game of basketball. Of course, to win a gold medal for your country - it doesn't get any better than that.

I beat Olympians.

Everybody expects me to win the gold medal.

To get any win, especially against a Welsh side, is very satisfying.

It's like a dream come true, coming to the Olympic trails and leaving being the champion.

When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London.

It would be meaningful if I can get a gold medal in my parents' country.

It's nice to win.

London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal.

Winning tastes good.

Beating John Landy was my defining race.

It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling. I'd never felt it. I don't see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.

It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.