148 Quotes by Apolo Ohno

I think I'm better all around as a skater. Physically, I think I'm definitely stronger. I'm lighter, I'm leaner, I know a lot more about my body.

I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn’t want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I was watching short track, and it was obscure, but they looked like superheroes in their tight outfits, and I thought it was amazing. I wanted to do that. I made the national team at 14.

It’s an individual sport, but collectively everybody shares the same motto that Ironman stands for: anything is possible.

Generally, speed skaters don’t run that much. I’m a little bit of an exception in that I run a lot.

Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they’re done competing.

If I have given my all and still do not win, I haven’t lost. Others might remember winning or losing; I remember the journey.

Every single experience, every single thing that’s happened in my life, struggle, obstacle, trials and tribulations, I think they’ve all molded me to become the character and the person who I am.

If it wasn’t for my sport and my father, I’d probably be a fallen statistic. I’d be dead; I’d be in jail. Luckily, I had a great dad in my life.

Music to me is life. It’s what gets me going.