I have fulfilled my dream and to have fulfilled it in my home country makes me very proud.

- Neymar after sealing a first football gold for Brazil.

It was our silver wedding anniversary recently, which we could not celebrate, but soon we will celebrate it with gold.

- Brazil football coach Rogerio Micale.

I just want to go home now and see my beautiful kids and hang my medals around their necks.

- Mo Farah after completing a double-double by retaining his title in the 10,000m and 5000m

"When a person is born they only have one hair on their head, and then have a lot of hair and then it's all gone, everything is changing constantly in our life."

- Russian handball coach Yevgeny Trefilov on the fleeting nature of success.