Medals Quote by Scott Moir

We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one.

— Esther Williams

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

— Pierre de Coubertin

Being in the Olympics isn't the chance for one of us to go out there and win the thing... It's growing skateboarding, creating more…

— Nyjah Huston

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

Looking back, I feel very fortunate to have had such a long career. Many skaters end their careers in their early 20s. I had…

— Michelle Kwan

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and…

— Dorothy Hamill

We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.

— Mike Vallely

I didn't know about competition or the Olympics until Peggy Fleming won in 1968. My mother looked after all of the competition stuff. I…

— Dorothy Hamill

Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.

— Carolina Kostner

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My true gold…

— Gail Devers

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.

— Gail Devers

If I wouldn't have medaled at the Olympics, it still would have been a successful trip. The medal is the icing on the cake.

— Eddy Alvarez