Medal Quotes - Page 12

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

  Ashton Eaton

  Important, Gold, Bigger

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• I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.

  Venus Williams

  Dream, Dad, Home

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• People have to identify with something to show they have reached a certain goal. Anyway, in Russia it's done with medals. You put on all these medals to show who you are.

  Emilio Pucci

  Russia, People, Goal

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I went at each race like there was a gold medal at stake. It wasn't like I ran one hard, then slacked off the next. Every time was my best effort. I didn't know how to go at it any other way.

  Dick Beardsley

  Race, Best Effort, Gold

  Dick Beardsley, Maureen Anderson (2004). “Staying the Course: A Runner's Toughest Race”, p.60, U of Minnesota Press

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• You know, I'm normally so sanguine. But... being accused of rushing these two books out to cash in on the Newbery Medal, without access to time travel equipment or anything, just makes me want to bang my forehead gently against a tree for half an hour. Is it too much to ask people to think?

  Neil Gaiman

  Book, Thinking, Two

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• The Olympics are every four years and I think every athlete who competes in the Olympics wants the gold medal, and I think that's what the World Cup is for a rugby player - it's the gold medal.

  George Gregan

  Athlete, Thinking, Player

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• I have two hands. I can hold two medals.

  Shani Davis

  Hands, Two, I Can

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• The medal is not for yourself. It couldn't be done without the support and help of my people, runners, and coaches

  Alberto Juantorena

  People, Support, Done

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• Be a gold-medal multitasker. You should be able to discuss the new Ludacris video while correcting the merchandising spreadsheets, picking the right shade of snakeskin for next season's mini-purses and catching the dog at the same time!

  Kimora Lee Simmons

  Dog, Gold, Shade

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• One symptom of his (Hitler) being strangely at variance with reality, or the nature of things,was his gift for wearing inappropriate of ludicrous clothing...When he was supposed to be starting a militaristic revolution he was wearing evening dress and an ill-fitting black tailcoat...and his army medals.

  A. N. Wilson

  Army, Reality, Black

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• I have a problem with that silver medal. It's like, 'Congratulation s, you almost won. Of all the losers, you're the number one loser. No one lost ahead of you.'

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Congratulations, Numbers, Loser

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• Skiing is my favorite sport, because, that's the only sport that is actually better to watch the worst the person is at it. "That guy won a gold medal in the Olympics" "Oh yeah, that's cool, i wanna watch the fat guy" "Come on dude, you can take that hill"

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Sports, Humor

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• I'm feeling alright, I am pretty happy with it. I was trying to catch her, around 37k my calf started to cramp on me a little so I had to make sure to run smart so I didn't completely cramp up. When the Aussie caught me I figured my medal contention might be up but I ended up catching 4th.

  Lanni Marchant

  Running, Smart, Feelings

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• 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.

  Alexis Arguello

  Kids, Fighting, Winning

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• This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.

  Michael Phelps

  Swimming, Gold, Firsts

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• I'm having a wonderful time in training. It's so funny because you go through ups and you go through downs. People have to realize that my career started on a down. I got ripped off a Gold Medal at the Olympics but it didn't stop me and it made me a better person.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Motivation, Careers, People

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• 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?

  Robbie Coltraine

  Dad, Kids, Parenting

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• People fall down, winners get up, and gold medal winners just get up faster!

  Bonnie St. John

  Fall, People, Gold

  "Bonnie St. John – Getting Up After a Fall". Interview with Chris Attwood, healthywealthynwise.com.

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• Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Sports, Dream, Winner

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• I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Attitude, Speech, Appearance

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• You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.

  Seth Godin

  Winning, Training, Gold

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

  Patrick Ewing

  Education, Winning, Ncaa

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• So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's proving that there is a place for guys like me in sports. It's a persona challenge to extend myself.

  Al Oerter

  Leadership, Sports, Winning

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• Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The intern who answered the phone suggested that I might be a great candidate for the Travel and Training fund, and she sent me an application form. I applied for a grant. With the funds I was awarded, I bought a new pair of skates and a plane ticket to the 1988 National Championships, where I achieved my highest national finish. Four years later, I won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Leadership, Sports, New York

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• If the finding of Coines, Medals, Urnes, and other Monuments of famous Persons, or Towns, or Utensils, be admitted for unquestionable Proofs, that such Persons or things have, in former Times, had a being, certainly those Petrifactions may be allowed to be of equal Validity and Evidence, that there have been formerly such Vegetables or Animals. These are truly Authentick Antiquity not to be counterfeited, the Stamps, and Impressions, and Characters of Nature that are beyond the Reach and Power of Humane Wit and Invention, and are true universal Characters legible to all rational Men.

  Robert Hooke

  Character, Men, Animal

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