Charlie White Quotes

I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background.

A gold medal at the Olympics is hard to top.

Winning for your country in the Olympics is the ultimate dream for any sportsperson, and I am determined to do it.

It's an Olympic Games, at the end of the day, and to represent your country at the Olympics is about as good as it gets. Put a gold medal on top of that, and it doesn't ever get any better.

I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium.

Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a successful gymnastics career and, most certainly, the confirmation that my parents' sacrifices were not in vain.

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.

It's amazing to get one Olympic gold, but you have to be a legend to get two. And that's definitely my aim.

Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what I wanted.

Winning that gold medal at the Olympics is something I'll never forget.

I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.

Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.

I would love very much to win a medal at the Olympics for myself, by my own performance. But that will never happen.

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.

Four world titles is a good swath at the top of the podium. The Olympics didn't work out for a couple of reasons, but it feels good when people say 'four world titles.'

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.

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.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics.

I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.

It means a lot to be an Olympian. I'm obviously so grateful and feel so lucky I was able to achieve my dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.

To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a table tennis player.