Kim Yuna Quotes

I've been to three Olympics. I gave it my all.

Good athletes will be there at good competitions, but I don't think about them; I just think of bettering my own time.

As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.

I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.

I gotta be able to beat good guys at any moment. I think that's what I'm taking.

I've actually medalled in every single swimming meet except for the Olympics, so that's the goal. I want to get on that podium - I really do. But for me, that's not something I can control... so I will be happy with going out there and swimming a race that I'm proud of.

Yes, I could win the Olympics. I hope to, and that's what I'm training for. But it's really going to come down to me racing on that day... Just being really calm and mature about what the reality is - that's my strategy.

It is never the case that I will push myself more for the World Championships and play differently in a Super Series or vice-versa.

I am now the Wimbledon champion, and I think that gives me even more confidence coming to the Olympics. And maybe in some ways, it maybe takes some pressure off the Olympics, because I already did win at Wimbledon this year.

I have a phenomenal team behind me who have helped get me here and I, along with them, will now put everything we can into the final few weeks of preparations before the Olympic Games, where I am aiming to race well, work well through the rounds, post good times and maybe even a personal best time on the biggest stage of them all.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

Obviously, you always want to win, but you want to win by skiing a race that you're proud of and you feel like you really challenged yourself and left it all out there.

Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.

The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.

I'm aware if I'm playing at my best I'm tough to beat. And I enjoy that.

I always played my best when I respected my opponent and was a little scared of them because they could beat me. Every game I played in college, that was the case.

When it comes to football, I always prepare like I'm going to be the guy.

My coach and I thought I could swim a 57.3 if I executed the perfect race, but I did even better than that.

I need to continue to be wise, be efficient and prepared for every game that I play leading up to the Olympics.

For me, I've not really focused on a world record. I'm just trying to put a complete race together, and when I do that, then fast times will come.

I'm about great competition. That's why I can have a great smile beforehand and connect with the crowd, and then, when I get in the ring, I flip that switch.

My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.

I never think about records. I focus on my race and try to get onto the podium consistently. It's hard enough to do that.

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.