Been Quote by Eddy Alvarez

Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts.

— Pierre de Coubertin

If [American Idol] was the Olympics, I'd still get a medal. It was a great race.

— Kimberley Locke

To go and win a gold medal in the Olympics, not too many people get a chance to do that and it is such…

— Bob Backlund

There was a time in my life I wanted that Olympic medal, and all I did was train, train, train and work harder than…

— Yoel Romero

Getting to the Olympic Games was my gold medal.

— Eddie the Eagle

Going to the Olympics would have been great.

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Jeff Fenech

The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that's a very difficult achievement.

— Dominic Thiem

It wasn't an easy journey to participating in the Olympics. It has taken me 14 years of training and hard work.

— Dutee Chand

If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright.

— Yohan Blake

An Olympic medal won't define my whole life, although it might look like it to onlookers. When I look back, I should have been…

— Paula Radcliffe

You must understand that to get an Olympic medal is a huge achievement.

— Milkha Singh