In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one. — Adelina Sotnikova Copy Share Image
I have a world championship medal from 2014, but I can't find it. So I'm missing one. I think it's at my… — Claressa Shields Copy Share Image
As soon as we landed in Tokyo, that's when I was like, OK. I really want to bring home a gold medal.' — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out. — Mark Spitz Copy Share Image
I didn't even think that I could be competing for a gold medal; I was convinced I'd compete for a silver medal. — Sunisa Lee Copy Share Image
How you served five years under her, I don't know. You deserve a medal, or a holiday or at least a cuddle… — Forgetting Sarah Marshall 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
Disease is surely one of the ways in which we are tried by life and offered the chance to be heroic. Though… — Bernie Siegel M.D Copy Share Image
Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It… — Venus Williams 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
“no one ever got a gold medal for sittin’ on their ass and doin’ nothin’. You work at somethin’, you work at… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
It would mean a lot, but it's weird, because what's the title? It's an extra line on your Wikipedia page and a… — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Heinrich Harrer: That's the Olympic gold medal. Not important. Pema Lhaki: This is another great difference between our civilization and yours. You… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
Going to the Olympics as a Maasai I want to make them proud because, after the warm welcome they gave me when… — David Rudisha Copy Share Image
I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S.… — Bonnie Blair Copy Share Image
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
The silver medal is incredible, because we worked so hard for so many years. Sacrificing, absolutely demolishing our bodies for hours a… — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
I'm six-foot-five. I'm not going to win the gold medal in figure skating. But I can try, and that's what matters. Trying. — Aleks Paunovic 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
Getting the degree meant more to me than an NCAA title, being named All-American or winning an Olympic gold medal. — Patrick Ewing Copy Share Image
Doing goodness is good only when you don't expect anything in return; not a medal, not even a simple thanking! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Surprisingly enough, I haven't had a letter from Amateur Boxing Scotland bosses offering their congratulations for my Melbourne medal win. — Kenny Anderson Copy Share Image
An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honour that can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title… — Jeff Fenech Copy Share Image
I'd probably say the championships mean more to me, but the gold medal makes you a bit different. It's a special award. — Scottie Pippen Copy Share Image
The medal is not for yourself. It couldn't be done without the support and help of my people, runners, and coaches — Alberto Juantorena Copy Share Image
If I had never won a single medal, I'd still be skating in a rink somewhere. There wouldn't be an audience or… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents. — Clara Hughes Copy Share Image
Comfort his family with a telegram, we regret to inform you we lost a man, but we gave him the highest medal… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it… — Allyson Felix Copy Share Image
People say I should be running for a gold medal for the old red, white and blue and all that bull, but… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing. — Jamie Redknapp Copy Share Image
My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be… — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I… — Hope Solo Copy Share Image
I get to do the fun part which is racing. I get to enjoy the race... I don't need a piece of… — Caeleb Dressel Copy Share Image
The 2012 Olympics is going to cost £8 billion which is a lot of money. It'll probably bankrupt London. But you can't… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
Children will come out and listen to a writer whose books they like. They don't need a government agency or a medal… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
I was a hangover of that era where they’d say “Take off that medal! Is that a St. Christopher medal? You’re going… — George Hamilton Copy Share Image
