Medal Quotes

I don't know where my first gold medal is.

— Shaun White

“You get a medal for being tough.”

— Scott Stabile

I have won the race and your the medal

— Ronan

I wished for just one medal as a junior.

— Mo Farah

Never buy gold, simply earn it

— Mary Kom

I'm chasing that gold medal.

— Oksana Masters

Who wouldn't be thankful for another medal?

— Tori Bowie

I got an Olympic medal.

— Emma McKeon

One thing I've learned from winning an Olympic medal is that it's really exhausting.

— Mikaela Shiffrin

I'm a two-time Olympian and I have a gold medal and I'm proud of that.

— Nelly Korda

I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.

— Shaun White

I haven't let the gold medal out of my sight; it sleeps next to me in bed.

— Magdalena Neuner

Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

After about 25 medals, you run out of shoulder to put them on.

— George S. Day

Bringing an Oscar is like bringing an Olympics medal for the film fraternity.

— Jackky Bhagnani

If it were easy, everybody would have a gold medal, but they don't.

— Karch Kiraly

The saddest part of my career has been missing the Olympic medal by one-hundredth of a second.

— P. T. Usha

“I have suffered a loss, Forrest, far greater than my legs. It's my spirit, my soul, if you will. There is only…

— Winston Groom

It's an amazing thing to hear they're finally giving out a Medal of Honor to a soldier from the wars of Iraq…

— Tim Hetherington

Of course I want to bring home a gold medal, and that's what I'm planning on doing. For me, that's not pressure.…

— Diana Lopez

I hate it. I resent it. I refuse to tell anybody that I am a Medal of Honor recipient. I hate it.

— Dakota Meyer

I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.

— Debi Thomas

People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about…

— Mikaela Shiffrin

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'

— Michael Phelps

I don't know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these people. I grew up there.…

— Charles Krauthammer

Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal and say, 'I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that…

— Vincent Matthews

I had a swell racket. I was rewarded with honors, medals, promotions. l might have given Al Capone a few hints. The…

— Anonymous

The campaign for the White House is heating up with John Kerry taking heat for throwing his Vietnam medals away, getting a…

— David Letterman

My job is not only to give medals, you know, which certainly is part of my function. First and foremost, though, my…

— Vladimir Putin

President Obama awarded a National Medal of Arts to author Stephen King. You know, because if there's anyone who can relate to…

— Jimmy Fallon

In America with the Olympics when you not only have a medal but a gold medal all of a sudden people come…

— Kristin Armstrong

It's important to know that at the end of the day it's not the medals you remember. What you remember is the…

— Silken Laumann

I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat.…

— Muhammad Ali

Every generation has its war. I have just been reminded of mine. It ended in 1989, 43 years after it began, the…

— Simon Jenkins

You can't start out at 20 in whatever your profession is and say, "I want to win an Olympic medal," or "I…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Although they only give gold medals in the field of athletics, I encourage everyone to look into themselves and find their own…

— John Naber

Success is always an easier motivator, because you want more of it. But I've also been motivated by failure. Had I medaled…

— Lolo Jones

Definitely very proud, very honoured to be Canadian. To be able to represent your country in Canada and win a gold medal…

— Meghan Agosta-Marciano

I love the sport, I haven't made millions off of it so maybe that's why I just feel like a normal person,…

— Kristin Armstrong

I am completely honest and truthful when I say I don’t want a gold for myself. I want a gold for the…

— Jonathan Horton