The only real distinction at this dangerous moment in human history and cosmic development has nothing to do with medals and ribbons.… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
I never liked being called the 'most decorated' soldier. There were so many guys who should have gotten medals and never did--… — Audie Murphy Copy Share Image
“For some, the only reward is a personal one. [There are no medals, only] the knowledge that they finished what they set… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You always dream of going to the Olympics and winning gold. I've learned over the years that there are lots of gold… — Kerri Strug Copy Share Image
We moved to the city when I was 7, and the lack of exercise made me frustrated. I started fighting with my… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
The [IBJJF] medal has zero value. It means as much as this tablecloth right here, but people still kill themselves to try… — Ryron Gracie Copy Share Image
After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I'm a guy who wins medals rather than runs fast times, so for me, what keeps me going is winning medals for… — Mo Farah Copy Share Image
I want to tell all the youngsters in Nagpur and in the rest of India that sports is not merely about winning… — Sangram Singh Copy Share Image
A few years after I finished skating, someone asked where my medals were. I'm like, 'In a suitcase somewhere.' Now they're nicely… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
We all know that we Africans just win medals in middle and long distance, and walking in their footsteps makes me feel… — Caster Semenya Copy Share Image
“What she didn't display, I noticed, was a boxful of swimming medals. "Holy crap," I said, when she set them on the… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
Success for me is not to have all the medals. Success for me is to always do your best and try to… — Carolina Kluft Copy Share Image
I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
Along with all those books about Lincoln, Obama might read some biographies of Napoleon. The general who established the Legion d'Honneur understood… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
I wouldn't swap the era I competed in for anything, not a day of it. I started out as an amateur, and… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
We have no target for the number of medals we hope to win in 2012 - yet. But we want every kid… — Tessa Jowell Copy Share Image
You don't do a play to compete for an award. This was the argument I always had over the Oscars. I didn't… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
It was a true honor to have represented my country at my first Paralympic Winter Games and proud to bring home gold… — Mike Schultz Copy Share Image
I've achieved my dream of getting a Paralympic gold medal and I'm very lucky that I've been to three Games where I've… — Ellie Simmonds Copy Share Image
“But as long as they gave us medals, that fixed it, as far as the army was concerned. You expect heroes to… — T. Kingfisher Copy Share Image
I think people will see my medals and my performance for my country and not what I do off the field. They… — Dutee Chand Copy Share Image
Honestly, it's not the medals that I feel so proud of. It's the way I conducted myself as an athlete, the hard… — Kyle Shewfelt Copy Share Image
People have to identify with something to show they have reached a certain goal. Anyway, in Russia it's done with medals. You… — Emilio Pucci Copy Share Image
Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm… — Sheryl Swoopes Copy Share Image
But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather… — Sally Pearson Copy Share Image
“Medals hang from his neck in a glittering array, like jewelry, like starts that will now go out because their sun no… — Lurlene McDaniel Copy Share Image
Getting relay medals is just as amazing I feel just as proud to be a part of that as well. But it's… — Emma McKeon Copy Share Image
Seeing my name in the newspapers after winning the national junior championship motivated me to win more medals and I have never… — Geeta Phogat Copy Share Image
Homosexuals in Russia live in peace, work, are promoted, receive national awards for their achievements in science, art or any other sphere,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
When I won gold medals in both the 200m and 400m events at the 1958 Asian Games, the then chief of army… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
When a top club comes calling, who you know will be firing on all fronts with competitions and medals, that's ultimately what… — Gary Cahill Copy Share Image
Is it not a strange blindness on our part to teach publicly the techniques of warfare and to reward with medals those… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
There's no medals for trying. This isn't like eighth grade where everybody gets a trophy. We are in a professional sport, and… — Bill Belichick Copy Share Image
“He wore his medals. He had a surprising number of them, the real kind, not the ones you got for turning up.… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching men working as teams. We're watching all working as… — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
Winning gold and three silver medals at the Paralympic games is something I'll never forget, but I knew deep down there was… — Victoria Arlen Copy Share Image
More Medals of Honor were given for the indiscriminate slaughter of women and children than for any battle in World War I,… — Aaron Huey Copy Share Image
If I go into years only thinking about medals I'm missing the whole meaning of what I've always been trying to do,… — Armand Duplantis Copy Share Image
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