Medal Quotes - Page 8

• Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

  Esther Williams

  Sports, Gold, Events

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• Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.

  Muhammad Ali

  Mean, Color, Skins

  Muhammad Ali, Hana Ali (2005). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, Large Print Press

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• I don't know where my first gold medal is.

  Shaun White

  Gold, Firsts, Knows

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2010.

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• Is it not a strange blindness on our part to teach publicly the techniques of warfare and to reward with medals those who prove to be the most adroit killers?

  Marquis de Sade

  Peace, War, Technique

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• It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008.

  Hope Solo

  Team, Feet, Gold

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• Humility was a cult in my family. I only got it out of my father by accident when he was very old that he had won an Olympic gold medal.

  Hugh Laurie

  Father, Humility, Gold

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• Here lies a man who was given a medal for killing two men, and a dishonorable discharge for loving one.

  Leonard Matlovich

  Lying, Gay, Men

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• We don't have a World Series or a Super Bowl, so to be able to come home with a gold medal is amazing. I want to do it again in four more years.

  Kerri Walsh

  Volleyball, Home, Years

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• The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.

  Bode Miller

  People, Three, Should

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• No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you wake up with in the morning, and it's the last thing you picture before you fall asleep. Everytime you think of it, the idea in your head seems to get more vivid, filled in with more detail: You not only want to win a gold medal at the Olympics, you not only can see yourself standing there on the podium, but you can also feel the goose bumps as your national anthem is played; the tears are in your eyes. (That's how real a dream can be and should be)

  James C. Collins

  Success, Dream, Morning

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• If you bound the arms and legs of gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps, weighed him down with chains, threw him in a pool and he sank, you wouldn't call it a 'failure of swimming.' So, when markets have been weighted down by inept and excessive regulation, why call this a 'failure of capitalism'?

  Peter Boettke

  Swimming, Gold, Legs

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• It is like a dream. I didn't sleep for two nights because I was under so much pressure. That elusive medal is probably what has kept me going. I had none of the self-doubts which have bothered me in the past. I was totally positive.

  Michaela Dorfmeister

  Dream, Sleep, Past

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• It's a big dream for me to go home with two gold medals. It's not very easy as it looks like.

  Michaela Dorfmeister

  Dream, Home, Two

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• When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'

  Kipchoge Keino

  Sports, Hockey, Winning

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• I watched the Olympics as a kid. It would be fun to try to win a medal. If I could swap Olympic gold for a US PGA Championship? I'd take the Major every time.

  Luke Donald

  Fun, Kids, Winning

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• We have no target for the number of medals we hope to win in 2012 - yet. But we want every kid in the country to have the chance to have the best opportunities.

  Tessa Jowell

  Country, Kids, Winning

  "Sports bodies streamlined to prepare future medal winners" by Andrew Culf, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2005.

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

  Kimberley Locke

  Race, Idols, Olympics

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think we all have a lot of room to drop and our takeovers were really safe so tonight we're still going to be safe but a little bit more risky than we were this morning and see if we can get our hand on the wall for a medal.

  Brittany MacLean

  Morning, Wall, Swimming

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• They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation. We do not go to war for gain or for territory; we go to war for principles, and we produce young men like these. I think I told every one of them that I would rather have that medal, the Congressional Medal of Honor, than to be President of the United States.

  Harry S. Truman

  War, Fighting, Winning

  United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1961). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

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• I had a swell racket. I was rewarded with honors, medals, promotions. l might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate a racket in three city districts. The Marines operated on three continents.

  Smedley Butler

  Marine, Cities, Honor

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• Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences, which let you feel like you've accomplished something.

  John Krasinski

  Trophies, Like You, Accomplished

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• If you make it into an Olympic team, you're good; if you make it into an Olympic final, you're great; and if you win an Olympic medal you're a freak.

  Raelene Boyle

  Sports, Team, Winning

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• Hey Mark Henry, where are your gold medals? We all know that if Mark Henry won a gold medal he'd just take it and have it bronzed.

  Jerry Lawler

  Wrestling, Gold, Hey

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• My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be to be the best that you can be.

  Debi Thomas

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• For my first pretty big international competition and the Olympics, I think I did pretty well. Medals aren't everything. It's all about you going out there and having a good time. I feel proud of myself.

  Kimmie Meissner

  Thinking, Competition, Going Out

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