Medal Quotes

Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well. (Inge de Bruijn)
My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond film, but Harry Potter, too Well, I think I qualify for a medal for exceptional parenting or something, don't you. View quote
Robbie Coltraine
No themes are so human as those that reflect for us, out of the confusion of life, the close connection of bliss and bale, of the things that help with the things that hurt, so dangling before us forever that bright hard medal, of so strange an alloy, one face of which is somebody's right and ease and the other somebody's pain and wrong. View quote
Henry James
It's incredible. Nine? Wow. I just remember winning my first one, getting the medal and the plate, the pin with the diamond for first place. My ninth title, I have no answer for that because I never thought it would be possible. View quote
Michelle Kwan
What were several fewer species of animals compared with a hundred-mile advance and another medal on another general? View quote
Brian Aldiss
What evil is there in seeing a man possess a woman? Why, the beasts would be more free than we! It seems to me that that which is given us by nature for our own preservation ought to be worn round the neck as a pendant and in the hat for a medal. View quote
Pietro Aretino
Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching. View quote
Mark Spitz
As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate. View quote
Gordon Ramsay
I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would be the one to score something that had never been done before. View quote
Nadia Comaneci
I made a gym, it's the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the 11th will be fighting and then will go on to the Central American Games and I'm sure at least one will win a gold medal. View quote
Alexis Arguello
And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward. (Alicia Sacramone)
So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St. Jude medal. And I'm standing there and that judge said I was found guilty, so he sentenced me to what the law prescribed: one to 14 years. View quote
Aaron Neville
That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too. View quote
Angela Ruggiero
The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart. View quote
Bob Kerrey
I'm not disappointed with bronze. It's always good to come away with a medal. View quote
Bryan Volpenhein
Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get. View quote
Chris Klein
I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on. View quote
David Rudisha
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics. View quote
Debi Thomas
Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience. View quote
Frank Shorter
To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now. View quote
Jordyn Wieber
I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something I would have liked to have added to my resume, but at the same time I think I can look back at my athletic career and feel that I was one of the best. (Mary Decker)
Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for. View quote
Mary Lou Retton
The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal. View quote
Mitch Gaylord
I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open. View quote
Nancy Kerrigan
As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances. View quote
Peter Snell