The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win… — Marat Safin Copy Share Image
My big objective this season is to win three gold medals at the Olympics, in the road race, the time trial and… — Marianne Vos Copy Share Image
Eight gold medals? If I wanted I could make a movie about me winning nine gold medals. Now that's real power. — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. — Dan Gable Copy Share Image
Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Identity itself should be not a smug label or a gold medal but a revolution. — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal. — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
In the history of each sport, the heroes who win the Olympic gold medal are the ones we remember. Nobody remembers the… — Lavinia Milosovici 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
People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do?… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Malaysia didn't end up winning any gold medals at the Rio Olympics, but had set new records and brought the nation closer,… — Azran Osman Rani Copy Share Image
It's a level of strength and character that few of us can imagine; a grace under pressure that few of us will… — Peggy Fleming Copy Share Image
Congratulations to Mexico. They upset Brazil to win a gold medal in men's soccer. And after the Olympics ended, the Mexican soccer… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
It's not about the gold medals or the trophies or the money. It's about the people that you cherish and can share… — Valentin Chmerkovskiy Copy Share Image
“I used to swim and dream of having a few Olympic gold medals to my name. But that’s out of the question… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Growing up, you always dream of winning a gold medal. But coming into these Games, it wasn't something I was focused on.… — Cindy Klassen Copy Share Image
Ever since the Evil Empire turned out to be a collection of third-world countries, Americans aligned on the far right have tried… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Representing Canada as a hockey player is always a tremendous honor, which also comes with a lot of responsibility. Being able to… — Scott Niedermayer Copy Share Image
The 2002 (Olympic) team was a great team, we won the gold medal, they deserved all the accolades that they got. But… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
Science is not like the Olympic Games or something where there's a lot of people all trying to win gold medals, and… — Frederick Sanger Copy Share Image
It's cool when people ask me about my gold medal and they say it will last forever. I will try to promote… — Julia Mancuso Copy Share Image
Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The… — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
When Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner asked a roomful of Olympic hopefuls if they had a list of written goals, every… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world. — Esther Williams Copy Share Image
I went at each race like there was a gold medal at stake. It wasn't like I ran one hard, then slacked… — Dick Beardsley Copy Share Image
Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of 'what ifs' and dreams of gold medals. That way,… — Shannon Miller Copy Share Image
Meaning is found not in the rewards, for they are only tokens. Seek not to have the gold medal. Instead, seek to… — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
I'd accomplished everything I had set out to do - winning the French and Australian Opens, the Olympic gold medal and the… — Yevgeny Kafelnikov Copy Share Image
I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe… — Eric Heiden Copy Share Image
Skiing is my favorite sport, because, that's the only sport that is actually better to watch the worst the person is at… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
We don't have a World Series or a Super Bowl, so to be able to come home with a gold medal is… — Kerri Walsh Copy Share Image
If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
You know, my mother never thought I would do anything good in my life, and I was standing in this opera with… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's… — Al Oerter Copy Share Image
I try not to think about marks, the first place or gold medal. The most important thing is to show what you… — Evgeni Plushenko Copy Share Image
I have learned from the first Olympics, of course. When I went to my first Olympic Games, I experienced all of the… — Anonymous 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
The Olympics are every four years and I think every athlete who competes in the Olympics wants the gold medal, and I… — George Gregan Copy Share Image
I think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
