If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright. — Yohan Blake Copy Share Image
I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My… — David Rudisha 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
Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany with a victory. I had nothing to do with the Nazis, but… — Max Schmeling 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
I am not superstitious, but the first time I saw this medal, bearing the venerated likeness of John Calvin, I kissed it,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee 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
It's incredible in our sport how small the differences are, and we are all aware of that. We're all on a high… — Tina Maze Copy Share Image
Of course, I can't wait until I get the medal and I can walk around the house and say, 'Daddy, I got… — Michelle Carter 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
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
It's the Olympics. And it was a long way for me. To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal,… — Adelina Sotnikova Copy Share Image
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
Here lies a man who was given a medal for killing two men, and a dishonorable discharge for loving one. — Leonard Matlovich Copy Share Image
I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal. — Katie Taylor Copy Share Image
Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me. — Ashley Wagner 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
Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship,… — John Eliot 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
