Top quotes from the Rio Olympics:

"The younger guys started crying, I started crying. My last 400 free relay ever, it feels damn good to get a win."

- Michael Phelps gets emotional after winning his 19th Olympic gold medal

"I just proved to them that even after the war, even after we survived a war, if they want something they can have it. If they want to be Olympic champions, they can be."

- Judo world champion Majlinda Kelmendi wins tiny Kosovo's first ever Olympic gold medal

"I rode it to the max. I got to 200m and I thought 'oh my God, this is going to happen'. Then they passed me."

- American rider Mara Abbott gets achingly close to winning the women's cycling road race before she's passed on the final straight and winds up fourth
"I used the word 'drugs cheat' because he tested positive."

- Australian swimmer explains his comments about Chinese rival Sun Yang

"Each day, day-in day-out, I just gave it absolutely everything. It's not just in the pool that I've given 110 percent, it's out of the pool as well and I can finally enjoy this bit now."

- Adam Peaty after setting a world record in the 100m breaststroke to become Britain's first male Olympic swim champion in 28 years

"He will be my inspiration forever and I'm sorry that I wasn't able to repay with a gold medal." 

- A gloomy Om Yun-Chol apologises to North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il after failing to defend his 56kg weightlifting title

Source: AFP