Medal Quotes · Page 9

I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.

— Cameron van der Burgh

I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.

— Caitlyn Jenner

One medal. One shot. One lap. Eight riders. No lanes. No right of way. Just go.

— Caroline Buchanan

Identity itself should be not a smug label or a gold medal but a revolution.

— Andrew Solomon

I'm not disappointed with bronze. It's always good to come away with a medal.

— Bryan Volpenhein

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

— Esther Williams

That's what the Olympics is about - getting your name on the wall, and that gold medal.

— Emma McKeon

It's nice to have a medal, but we were hoping for a gold.

— Marta Karolyi

So far China has won the most gold medals, ladies and gentlemen. The Chinese athletes can't wait to get home and show…

— Conan O'Brien

I am going to keep pushing myself and I would love to get an individual gold medal. That would be amazing.

— Emma McKeon

WikiLeaks is a service to the population. Assange should get an award for - presidential medal of honor.

— Noam Chomsky

I'm still dominant and that's what matters, ... But rain, snow, sleet, it doesn't matter. I'm going to go out and try…

— Justin Gatlin

If I win the gold medal, I will be set for the rest of my life. The medal itself doesn't give you…

— Caitlyn Jenner

The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.

— Bode Miller

I watched the Olympics as a kid. It would be fun to try to win a medal. If I could swap Olympic…

— Luke Donald

I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold.

— Marian Dragulescu

One symptom of his (Hitler) being strangely at variance with reality, or the nature of things,was his gift for wearing inappropriate of…

— A. N. Wilson

Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion…

— Samantha Stosur

When, during the Second World War, the island of Malta came through three terrible years of bombardment and destruction, it was rightly…

— Andrew Roberts

There's not a day that goes by that I don't bless myself with holy water and then get in my car and…

— Peter Criss

In the history of each sport, the heroes who win the Olympic gold medal are the ones we remember. Nobody remembers the…

— Lavinia Milosovici

For my first pretty big international competition and the Olympics, I think I did pretty well. Medals aren't everything. It's all about…

— Kimmie Meissner

I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an…

— Johnny Weir

I look at the athletes who have come before me and been so impressed with what they have done and been inspired…

— Emma McKeon

Winning that gold medal at the Olympics is something I'll never forget.

— Jarome Iginla

“If I could bronze my love, it’d be worthy of a silver medal.
”

— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.

— Tom Daley

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

— Scott Hamilton

To win a gold medal for your country is something you can only dream about.

— Andrey Rublev

Any chance we have to skate for another Olympic medal, it's amazing.

— Tessa Virtue

Winning a gold medal means you're the best in the world at that time.

— Michelle Carter

I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.

— Patrick Ewing

The [IBJJF] medal has zero value. It means as much as this tablecloth right here, but people still kill themselves to try…

— Ryron Gracie

The U.S. team has swept all the medals in the skeet shooting event. So despite our bad economy, it's nice to know…

— Conan O'Brien

One of the things I was never thrilled about with 'Medal of Honor' was that it was non-stop music.

— Michael Giacchino

Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I…

— Dan O'Brien

An Olympic medal won't define my whole life, although it might look like it to onlookers. When I look back, I should…

— Paula Radcliffe

It has been a fantastic journey. I have gone to five Games, broke the Olympics record in 2004 in Athens and won…

— Abhinav Bindra

She knew soon I'd be seven up. By the window like X with my weapon up. Fuck ya intro I'm the next…

— Vado

Naturally the U.S. trails in gold medals because every time we win one, we hand it over to the Chinese to pay…

— Stephen Colbert