Medal Quotes · Page 9

I think that I am a serious threat to anybody out there who is trying to get that medal.

— Justin Gatlin

I was first and foremost a fellow Gamecock and friend before a Medal of Honor recipient.

— Kyle Carpenter

If you win even one tournament or medal, people can think they have become big.

— P. T. Usha

I'll spend time playing 'Call of Duty' and 'Medal of Honor.'

— Kevin Dillon

Army Specialist Bradley Manning deserves a medal, not prison.

— Michael Moore

I'm not fussed about awards. I just want to win a medal and a trophy.

— Karen Bardsley

It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped.

— Amby Burfoot

When a player cheats, you can't have a gold medal, right?

— Yu Darvish

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

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

This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.

— S. J. Perelman

(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out.

— Mark Spitz

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

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

I would love very much to win a medal at the Olympics for myself, by my own performance. But that will never…

— Bela Karolyi

The silver medal is incredible, because we worked so hard for so many years. Sacrificing, absolutely demolishing our bodies for hours a…

— Eddy Alvarez

I was able to represent my country and put on the red, white, and blue - how many people in the world…

— Dominique Moceanu

What I really wanted was to perform. So if it took four world titles or one Olympic medal, I just wanted so…

— Kurt Browning

One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do well and win a…

— Jessica Ennis

There are negatives in fighting away from home: you're not in front of your home fans, you don't have your home comforts,…

— James DeGale

I'm a wealthy man now. I've got a flat, a car, I have enough money to buy food. I skate to make…

— Evgeni Plushenko

Even though Hubbard is dead, his business still repeats his lies, ... and in my opinion the proposed Act should also punish…

— David Rice

Definitely gymnastics, because I was a gymnast for 11 years. That's my thing. My girlfriend Betty Okino was in the 1992 Olympics…

— Jaime Pressly

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

The first gold medal we had won for the Soviet Union. This one we won for each other.

— Ekaterina Gordeeva

London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal.

— Hope Solo

It's important not to make the gold medal bigger than it is.

— Ashton Eaton

Live your life not to win golden medals but to win golden hearts.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Every medal I have won is a story of a difficult struggle.

— Mary Kom

When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I have an FA Cup, a Europa League and a Champions League medal.

— Antonio Rudiger

Getting the degree meant more to me than an NCAA title, being named All-American or winning an Olympic gold medal.

— Patrick Ewing

An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honour that can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title…

— Jeff Fenech

Doing goodness is good only when you don't expect anything in return; not a medal, not even a simple thanking!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Surprisingly enough, I haven't had a letter from Amateur Boxing Scotland bosses offering their congratulations for my Melbourne medal win.

— Kenny Anderson

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

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

The Air Force pinned a medal on me for killing a man and discharged me for making love to one.

— Leonard Matlovich

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

Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset…

— Jim McKay