Gold medal Quote by Julie Kagawa

“You get a medal for being tough.”

— Scott Stabile

“I languish around in my life, never quite doing what I set out to do. I am tired of being a silver medalist, and…

— Kim Gruenenfelder

“Yes, indeed, I am the stuff, the prize property, the recaptured trophy he will put up on the mantelpiece, in a rage every time…

— Kaimana Wolff

“Athletes, he believed, were simple, straightforward people, cruel and brutal if you like, but never petty. They knocked you down and hurt you, and…

— E.M. Forster

“May I never be a tough guy, just a genuine one.”

— Tom Althouse

“It makes me sad, sad inside, to see a warrior without his pride. ”

— Adam Ant

“He told me that a real fighter never cries, never lets the weight of any blow bring him down. Except the final blow, the…

— J.A. Redmerski

“Still, in a fight like that, you never know. There’s a superhuman element involved. All warriors have to face it; winning or losing is…

— Eiji Yoshikawa

“was an amazing guy, really. Totally himself. Totally unapologetic about having all these different sides of his personality that didn’t quite mesh. He didn’t…

— Bill Konigsberg

“In the old days, the general's ribbons / & medals rainbowed across his chest, / & if he were interrogating himself, / by now,…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

“Maybe I could use a little metal on the inside, I thought. If I'd kept my heart better armored, where would I be now?…

— Ransom Riggs

“...a portrait of a muscular grey-haired man with a grim, almost demented gaze and the sort of moustache that could beat you in an…

— Ned Beauman