One thing I've learned from winning an Olympic medal is that it's really exhausting. — Mikaela Shiffrin Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best. — Shaun White Copy Share Image
I'm a two-time Olympian and I have a gold medal and I'm proud of that. — Nelly Korda Copy Share Image
Bringing an Oscar is like bringing an Olympics medal for the film fraternity. — Jackky Bhagnani Copy Share Image
I haven't let the gold medal out of my sight; it sleeps next to me in bed. — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It's about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
More than 10,000 athletes came to Atlanta seeking Olympic medals. Only a few of them will be lucky and skilled enough to… — Mary Lou Retton Copy Share Image
I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would… — Nadia Comaneci Copy Share Image
My having won a gold medal in Beijing is not going to be an extra advantage. It does not have any bearing… — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward. — Alicia Sacramone Copy Share Image
We surprised ourselves in '84 when we thought we could win a major tournament but hadn't yet until we won the gold… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Here lies a man who was given a medal for killing two men, and a dishonorable discharge for loving one. — Leonard Matlovich Copy Share Image
I will never conduct a war or start a war because we want to; the United States of America should only go… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Nobody loves the Boston Marathon as much as the people who make fun of it year after year. This was the race… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
I have been injured 37 times, in seven cases seriously. I've already had a cornada (horn-wound) at stomach level. A bull's horn… — Juan Jose Padilla Copy Share Image
Women's marathoning was not added as an Olympic medal event until 1984 due to unfounded and bizarre concerns among Olympic organizers about… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
I'm having a wonderful time in training. It's so funny because you go through ups and you go through downs. People have… — Roy Jones Jr Copy Share Image
To Yossarian, the idea of pennants as prizes was absurd. No money went with them, no class privileges. Like Olympic medals and… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
The medals no-one will ever wear should be the ones that reflect the most. It's not an ending, it's not a period… — Jim Sheeler Copy Share Image
What evil is there in seeing a man possess a woman? Why, the beasts would be more free than we! It seems… — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
I looked up and saw my flag. But I didn't hear my anthem. The quotation above from 6 ft 4 inch, 286… — Matt Ghaffari Copy Share Image
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the… — Leo Ryan Copy Share Image
The human mind has a natural tendency to explore what has passed in distant ages in scenes with which it is familiar:… — William Buckland Copy Share Image
I am not superstitious, but the first time I saw this medal, bearing the venerated likeness of John Calvin, I kissed it,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I would think we have a trajectory of failure on the Republicans' part. When you think about how they managed to make… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
The Olympics is my favourite sporting event. Although I have a problem with that silver medal. When you think about it, you… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
I gather you yellow-skinned men, despite your triumphs in sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, still don't have democracy. Some politician… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
This is my last Commonwealth Games. Five CWG and nine medals, it is enough for me. — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
I got a gold medal. I guess I'm an athlete now. I gotta start going to the gym. — Shaun White Copy Share Image
