This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's. — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
We know that priorities are amiss in the world when a man gets a military medal of honor for killing another man… — Charlotte Bunch Copy Share Image
I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want… — Hope Solo Copy Share Image
I was able to represent my country and put on the red, white, and blue - how many people in the world… — Dominique Moceanu Copy Share Image
Definitely very proud, very honoured to be Canadian. To be able to represent your country in Canada and win a gold medal… — Meghan Agosta-Marciano 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
For me, running is a lifestyle and an art. I'm far more interested in the magic of it than the mechanics. It's… — Lorraine Moller Copy Share Image
Words can't even describe how much Olympic medals means to me, because of all the hard work, sacrifice and effort I put… — Gabby Douglas Copy Share Image
One of our ancestors came over on the Mayflower, and we had family in Jamestown as well... I was raised where service… — Steve Daines Copy Share Image
If you bound the arms and legs of gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps, weighed him down with chains, threw him in a pool… — Peter Boettke Copy Share Image
You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I love the sport, I haven't made millions off of it so maybe that's why I just feel like a normal person,… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
Success is always an easier motivator, because you want more of it. But I've also been motivated by failure. Had I medaled… — Lolo Jones Copy Share Image
America's Cold War veterans deserve every honor we can bestow upon them for their hard work and dedication to keeping our nation… — Blanche Lincoln 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
It's a very vulnerable position to be in. I was so young and I was not focused on what I looked like.… — McKayla Maroney Copy Share Image
I live to the rhythm of my country and I cannot remain on the sidelines. I want to be here. I want… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
We can understand that the Fathers of the Church in the East wanted Apocalypse left out of the New Testament. But like… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?' — Kipchoge Keino Copy Share Image
I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal. — Katie Taylor 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
The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three. — Bode Miller 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 never believed that India could win a medal in badminton because the competition is so tough. — Saina Nehwal Copy Share Image
The United States deserves nothing but love and adoration and gold medals left and right and peace prizes left and right, things… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
That was such an important time for us, as a team. It was our second gold medal in a row, following Salt… — Hayley Wickenheiser Copy Share Image
It's incredible, they're [the medals] beautiful and as soon as they put them around your neck, it's pretty amazing. Shannon played outstandingly… — Jennifer Botterill Copy Share Image
Julian Assange shouldn't be the subject of a grand jury hearing, he should be given a medal. He's contributing to democracy. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
No matter what, like, I couldn't - I could break a world record, get an Olympic gold medal, and my mom would… — Ryan Lochte Copy Share Image
Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had… — Frank Shorter 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
The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates… — Mitch Gaylord Copy Share Image
We're talking about the Olympics. We're talking about trying to win the gold medal. All of these things can be overwhelming. But… — Elana Meyers Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Brave old-flowers! Wall-flowers, Gilly flowers, Stocks! For even as the field-flowers, from which a trifle, a ray of beauty, a drop of… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
2012 has been an extraordinary year for our country. We cheered our Queen to the rafters with the Jubilee, showed the world… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
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