I can't believe that I just won a gold medal. I think it will take a bit to sink in. — Emma McKeon Copy Share Image
You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results. — Bill Parcells 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
There's a lot more pressure when you're a medal favorite. Now, nobody has any expectations for me. Nobody knows what I can… — Chris Witty Copy Share Image
If one man tells you to murder, you get a jail cell - if another man tells you to murder, you get… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
I never liked being called the 'most decorated' soldier. There were so many guys who should have gotten medals and never did--… — Audie Murphy Copy Share Image
John Carlos provided the world with one of the most iconic images of the 1960s with his Black Power salute after a… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket. — Gino Bartali Copy Share Image
“The medals of the dead heroes are the coins for the future. (Les médailles des héros morts - Sont les pièces pour… — Charles de Leusse Copy Share Image
I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold. — Marian Dragulescu Copy Share Image
I watched the Olympics as a kid. It would be fun to try to win a medal. If I could swap Olympic… — Luke Donald 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
I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics.… — Michael Johnson 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
The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth disputed whether John Kerry deserved some of his five medals. A large part of Kerry's defense… — James Taranto 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
For my first pretty big international competition and the Olympics, I think I did pretty well. Medals aren't everything. It's all about… — Kimmie Meissner Copy Share Image
I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an… — Johnny Weir 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
If the finding of Coines, Medals, Urnes, and other Monuments of famous Persons, or Towns, or Utensils, be admitted for unquestionable Proofs,… — Robert Hooke 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
One of the most intensely unlikeable figures of the twentieth century, fanatical anti-Semite, enemy of labour unions and proud recipient of medals… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I had been living the life that society tends to dictate for women of a certain age. You marry the person who… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
“I know at least what I am,' he simply went on; 'the other side of the medal's clear enough. I've not been… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I am completely honest and truthful when I say I don’t want a gold for myself. I want a gold for the… — Jonathan Horton Copy Share Image
“She was not, herself, hugely in favor of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult . Even… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
