Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high… — Paulo Coelho 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
In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
I was running track early in my years and I was breaking track records in sprint running. I was training and I… — Sheila E Copy Share Image
By 1973, John Kerry had already accused American soldiers of committing war crimes in Vietnam, thrown someone else's medals to the ground… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I think the biggest thing was that I was putting pressure on myself leading up to Beijing. Now I am learning how… — Ryan Hall Copy Share Image
I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on… — Sidney Crosby Copy Share Image
Maybe there's a little girl who thinks she can be an Olympic athlete, and she sees all the things I struggled through… — Lolo Jones Copy Share Image
First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
My support system, in my surgeon, my P.T., my pilates, my weightlifting, everything that I'm doing to make my body and my… — Kerri Walsh Copy Share Image
A true preacher is best measured not by how many bouquets have been pinned on him but by how many brickbats have… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I can't even begin to explain how important it is to all the people who have been involved in our program, and… — Lauren Jackson 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
There is the potential for dreams to come true, for records to be broken, and medals to be won, and at this… — Elana Meyers Copy Share Image
I could be winning the decathlon in high school, which I've won twice, yet, if my dad is in the audience, 'Oh… — Francesco Quinn Copy Share Image
I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's… — Mary Decker Copy Share Image
Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it… — Yoko Ono 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
I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whatever, everyone who makes movies… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
“Excellence is making a rubber shoe initially; later making a leather shoe; then later making a leather shoe with gold medal on… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St.… — Aaron Neville Copy Share Image
At the age of nine, I could cross the length of Glasgow on a succession of buses, wearing regulation garter-topped stockings and… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
Why should men be allowed to strut under the privilege of their life adventures, wearing them like a breast full of medals,… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
It was a great Olympics - Team USA finished the games with 17 more medals than China. China said it was tough… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a… — Dominique Moceanu Copy Share Image
My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond… — Robbie Coltraine Copy Share Image
We all bring some different elements at the Games. Everything is a stepping stone for us after playing these two games. These… — Cherie Piper Copy Share Image
I've always felt that if I am deserving of the Medal of Honor, there are many, many others who are. I felt… — Daniel Inouye Copy Share Image
My stepdad is Bruce Jenner, the Olympian. The first time he came over was like a blind date, and we had show… — Kourtney Kardashian Copy Share Image
The Romneys have a horse competing in the Olympics. Ann Romney's horse failed to win a medal in the dressage event today,… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when,… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I wasn't expecting two seconds of me on the medal stand to go viral after the Olympics. I came back to my… — McKayla Maroney Copy Share Image
Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as… — Inge de Bruijn Copy Share Image
I didn't want people to think of me as someone who wasn't impressed with a silver medal, because obviously that's a huge… — McKayla Maroney Copy Share Image
I've been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my brother Jean. For me, I think… — Diana Lopez Copy Share Image
No one pretends anymore that the Olympics are just about sports. It's routine to talk about what effect holding the Games in… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Once 'Walk Two Moons' received the Newbery Medal, I decided to write full-time. Partly because there seemed to be an audience out… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea how hard… — Jessica Ennis Copy Share Image
And what is a gold medal? I'd never really thought about it before Nagano. Now I realize that it's a dream to… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
