Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“The champions of liberty have the medal for any necklace. (Les champions de la liberte - Ont la médaille pour tout collier)” — Charles de Leusse 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
It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling.… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I would think we have a trajectory of failure on the Republicans' part. When you think about how they managed to make… — Eddie Vedder 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 would love very much to win a medal at the Olympics for myself, by my own performance. But that will never… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
It is like a dream. I didn't sleep for two nights because I was under so much pressure. That elusive medal is… — Michaela Dorfmeister Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal. — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world. — Esther Williams Copy Share Image
Winning is not about headlines and hardware [medals]. It's only about attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and… — Amby Burfoot Copy Share Image
I wanted to win the gold medal and then go home and further my education in college. I had no intentions whatsoever… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at. — Eric Shanteau Copy Share Image
The Air Force pinned a medal on me for killing a man and discharged me for making love to one. — Leonard Matlovich 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
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
Nobody ever was fired for 9/11. Instead of firing the people who didn't do a good job, we gave them medals. The… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
My job is not only to give medals, you know, which certainly is part of my function. First and foremost, though, my… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Medal in Olympics is not small thing. There is a need to develop sportsperson especially athletes from the grass-root level to win… — P. T. Usha Copy Share Image
After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
I was first and foremost a fellow Gamecock and friend before a Medal of Honor recipient. — Kyle Carpenter Copy Share Image
My children can really understand the Olympic Games, To have a medal is very, very special. — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
As his colleagues have noted in their tribute to him, it was typical of Leo Ryan's concern for his constituents that he… — Leo Ryan Copy Share Image
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.' — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
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