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I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion.

— David Rudisha

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.

— Olga Korbut

I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.

— Ryan Lochte

I really wanted to come into the Olympics.

— Sonny Bill Williams

My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me.

— Mo Farah

You never really think about what happens after the Olympics - you're just like, 'I want to compete. I want to do well' and thinking about that. After it all happened, it was such a whirlwind. I've gotten to do so many amazing things. My favorite thing was getting into acting.

— McKayla Maroney

I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.

— Gagan Narang

I'm in awe of any Olympic champion, for sure.

— Katarina Johnson-Thompson

I missed the Olympic team in 1996 - missed making the team. I tried to make a comeback in my sport, and soon after the Olympic trials, Johann Olav Koss, who is a Norwegian speed-skater, called me up and asked me to be a part of Olympic Aid. Now Olympic Aid is Right to Play. It's a wonderful, narrow focus.

— Summer Sanders

The Olympics meant everything to me. Going through them is like nothing else you will ever experience. For those few weeks, you are in another world. At that point, I couldn't see how there could ever be anything better.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

✗Opposing Perspectives

It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.

— Shawn Johnson