I just won the gold medal and I couldn't eat downtown. I said, 'Something's wrong.' And from then on, I've been a… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
The favorite to win the Olympic gold medal in archery is a legally blind athlete from South Korea, mainly because everyone else… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now… — Angela Ruggiero Copy Share Image
This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great.… — Michael Phelps 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
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
It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows… — Tenzing Norgay Copy Share Image
Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
I didn't know if I was gonna make the Olympic roster, but just to be part of that journey to get to… — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My… — Gail Devers Copy Share Image
We all of us must come to terms with what and who we are, and recognize that this wisdom is not going… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
The Council of the Royal Society is a collection of men who elect each other to office and then dine together at… — Charles Babbage 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
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
I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a… — Warren Buffett 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
If life is a battle, then my inner scars are medals for valor, for swiftness, for courage, for passion. Evil is the… — Storm Constantine Copy Share Image
People have to identify with something to show they have reached a certain goal. Anyway, in Russia it's done with medals. You… — Emilio Pucci Copy Share Image
I'd promised my older daughter Rhianna I was going to get a medal for her, and in my mind I was thinking,… — Mo Farah Copy Share Image
As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career… — Peter Snell Copy Share Image
I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together… — Joe Frazier Copy Share Image
There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren't a lot of guys who have a chance to… — James Harden Copy Share Image
For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation… — Bryan Clay Copy Share Image
I said it before we arrived in Athens, that we wanted to prove to the world that our bronze medal in Sweden… — Gianluca Basile Copy Share Image
After getting a gold medal I could celebrate but also was trying to keep the emotions at bay. — Emma McKeon Copy Share Image
Strange star-like object over Oslo right before Obama arrives. A gift of a golden medal given by a group of wise men...… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Perhaps we'll never know how far the path can go, how much a human being can truly achieve, until we realize that… — George Leonard 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
And it wasn't so much the medal, it was stepping out of the ramp during the Opening Ceremony. Man, I took a… — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
Look, I won in high school, I won a national championship in college, I want to win one in the NBA. But… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that's a very difficult achievement. — Dominic Thiem Copy Share Image
Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm… — Sheryl Swoopes Copy Share Image
If God awarded us medals, as they do in the Olympics, love would win the gold, joy the silver, and peace the… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
I'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here.… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium. — Saina Nehwal Copy Share Image
Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal. I think, male or female, that… — Carli Lloyd Copy Share Image
It's really cool. I don't know how many people in the world have a silver medal. Maybe a thousand? — Nikola Jokic Copy Share Image
I used to be so excited for the Olympics, I would track the medal counts and everything else. — Clay Travis Copy Share Image
One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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