What they say

"I've had a four-year plan, and I'm definitely a planner, but I have zero plans for Aug 21. So, we'll wait and find out."

Gwen Jorgensen, US triathlete, on her future after winning gold

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

Rogerio Micale, Brazil soccer coach

"On top of the world; I could be up with Jesus Christ looking down. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. Hard to put into words."

Liam Heath, British canoeist, on winning sprint gold in the shadow of Rio's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue

"Every time you beat someone you're crushing their dreams, so it's a tough old process."

Nicola Adams, two-time gold medalist boxer from Britain, on empathizing with her opponents

"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."

Yevgeny Trefilov, Russian handball coach, on the fleeting nature of success

"Not bad for two immigrants."

Diana Taurasi, US basketball player, on the bond between her and coach Geno Auriemma after Team USA won the gold medal

"I got this one from Norway (a cut on her nose) and this new tattoo from France (a bleeding cut on her neck). It's the cost of this (holding up the gold medal)."

Russia's Vladlena Bobrovnikova, on her scars after the handball victory against France

"I called my mother before, when I won the synchronized event, but she said, 'It's so late, why are you calling? I was already asleep'."

Chen Aisen, China's double gold medalist diver, saying his mother is difficult to please

"Maybe it's the food, water, the land, the girls we have in our country."

Filip Filipovic, Serbia water polo gold medalist, explaining the team's performance