Top 37 Quotes by Caroline Buchanan

You learn a lot from your first Olympic Games experience. Everyone thinks they're prepared, but you never are.

There's so many levels. You can rise on the day to win a national event or a world title but the level you need to rise to win an Olympics Games is another one altogether.

One medal. One shot. One lap. Eight riders. No lanes. No right of way. Just go.

You have got to act on instinct; you've got to ride from your heart and let that performer come out. You can't over-think it too much because if you're thinking, the race is already over.

In BMX, you need an inner mongrel, something that's a point of difference in the female category.

I think, in BMX, it's a lot like horse racing. I wouldn't really bet on it.

If I had to work a 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. job in the public service, I'd freak out.

I truly believe that it's all of the hard times that make you step up to the next level, and that's what makes you a champion.

Any race I go into, I've always got the attitude of throwing myself into and wanting nothing but No. 1.

The majority of the time, I'm just in my team training clothes or work-out gear, but whenever I'm killing time, I always like to watch 'Project Runway' or 'America's Next Top Model.'