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You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results. -- Bill Parcells
I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal. -- Hope Solo
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. -- Angela Ruggiero
Much like the conservationists who previously have received the Audubon Medal, including Stewart Udall, Rachel Carson and Ted Turner, I realize that this recognition cannot be a cause to rest, but a spur to continue our work. -- Louis Bacon
I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whatever, everyone who makes movies still wants to win an Academy Award, because it's like the Pulitzer Prize or the Congressional Medal of Honor. -- Robert Osborne
Once 'Walk Two Moons' received the Newbery Medal, I decided to write full-time. Partly because there seemed to be an audience out there who wanted to read what I wanted to write, and partly because I could now support myself financially through writing. -- Sharon Creech
People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea how hard it is. People aren't doing it negatively - they're mostly lovely and they really do want you to win - but they don't understand the difficulty and intensity of competition. -- Jessica Ennis
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. -- Gordon Ramsay
I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on that blue line and hear your national anthem play and being a gold medal champion, you dream of that. And then to be able to accomplish that and actually win a gold medal and represent your country its an amazing feeling. -- Sidney Crosby
I won my tournament. I won the Silver Medal. -- Tom Kite
It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal. -- Malala Yousafzai
I'll spend time playing 'Call of Duty' and 'Medal of Honor.' -- Kevin Dillon
I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal. -- Dorothy Hamill
It's an amazing thing to hear they're finally giving out a Medal of Honor to a soldier from the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. -- Tim Hetherington
You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed. -- Rush Limbaugh
Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset of all time in any sport that I can think of. -- Jim McKay
It is a wonderful honor to receive the Audubon Medal from the National Audubon Society, which for more than a century has fought tirelessly to protect and preserve our natural resources and environment for future generations. -- Louis Bacon
Former Secretary (Hillary) Clinton has dedicated her life to serving and engaging people across the world in democracy. These efforts as a citizen, an activist, and a leader have earned Secretary Clinton this year's Liberty Medal. -- Jeb Bush
President Obama awarded a National Medal of Arts to author Stephen King. You know, because if there's anyone who can relate to the story of a guy trapped in a mansion that's driving him insane, it's Obama. -- Jimmy Fallon
You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor and an A-minus feel like a slap in the face. -- Taylor Mali
I love 'Call of Duty;' I'm a huge fan, but I started off with 'Medal of Honor' and I stuck with what I knew. I never got into the online play with people, across the world, across the country. -- Mehcad Brooks
If I had to pick one exact moment when we were live on air and something very, very special happened it was at the Athens Olympics. Chris Hoy won the Gold Medal in the kilometre time trial and that was incredible. -- Jill Douglas
Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people's achievements and contributions to Australian tennis. -- Samantha Stosur
To date, [Wynton] Marsalis has received a total of nine Grammy Awards; a Pulitzer Prize (the first ever awarded to a jazz musician)... and twenty-nine honorary degrees, including Columbia, Brown, Princeton and Yale; the National Medal of Arts; and numerous awards from other countries. -- Randy Sandke
From Clara Barton's tireless work founding the American Red Cross to the first female Medal of Honor winner, Dr. Mary Walker, to our first female combat fighter pilot Lt. Kara Hultgreen, no list of American heroes is complete without the names of some of these extraordinary women. -- Brian Kilmeade
Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year-1956...But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game. -- John Eliot
Coming in as a veteran, I'd like to finish with a gold medal. -- Howard Bach
It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped. -- Amby Burfoot
I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal. -- Cameron van der Burgh
London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal. -- Hope Solo
I'm not disappointed with bronze. It's always good to come away with a medal. -- Bryan Volpenhein
I never believed that India could win a medal in badminton because the competition is so tough. -- Saina Nehwal
Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years. -- Sally Pearson
To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world. -- Shawn Johnson
If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents. -- Clara Hughes
I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium. -- Saina Nehwal
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.' -- Michael Phelps
The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever. -- Wilma Rudolph
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 getting up again. -- Dorothy Hamill
Growing up, watching the Premier League as far back as I can remember, feeling the trophy and having the medal around my neck was an unbelievable feeling. -- Wayne Rooney
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. -- Mitch Gaylord
I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down. -- Joe Frazier
I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome. -- Patrick Chan
An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honor that can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title to have won gold at the Olympics. -- Jeff Fenech
For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again. -- Bryan Clay
Definitely gymnastics, because I was a gymnast for 11 years. That's my thing. My girlfriend Betty Okino was in the 1992 Olympics and won a bronze medal. She's a gymnast. So I'm a huge fan. -- Jaime Pressly
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. -- Nadia Comaneci
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 -- Mark Spitz
When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence. -- Scott Hamilton
I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done. -- Michael Johnson
If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy. -- Michael Phelps
In 1962, my injury wasn't because of violence; I just kicked the ball and it happened. And that was OK because Brazil won; I didn't have any difficulty in accepting that. I still got a medal because I'd played two games. -- Pele
To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, 'You're better than the Cassius of old.' -- Muhammad Ali
The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career. -- David Rudisha
The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background. -- George Foreman
While starving refugees in Homs were providing target practice for government snipers, Bashar al-Assad's strongest international backer was in Sochi, at the Iceberg Skating Palace, visibly moved, smiling with deep satisfaction, as the Russians beautifully glided and leaped their way to the gold medal in the team event. -- George Packer
I don't know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these people. I grew up there. You have no idea what they're capable of doing. If Sidney Crosby hadn't scored that goal to win the Olympic gold medal, there's no telling what might have ensued. -- Charles Krauthammer
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. -- David Rudisha
I was running track early in my years and I was breaking track records in sprint running. I was training and I wanted to be in the Olympics. I thought I was going to be able to win a gold medal, and my mind was pretty much set on 'this is what I want to do'. -- Sheila E.
Going to the Olympics as a Maasai I want to make them proud because, after the warm welcome they gave me when I went back and being their leader, I want to also be the warrior in the Olympics. That will be something good because that will be the first Olympic gold medal for the Maasai. -- David Rudisha
It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling. I'd never felt it. I don't see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics. -- Al Pacino
Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this when in the 1890s. I received the Darwin Medal and the Huxley Medal. When one is old, one wants no encouragement and one goes on with one's work to the extent of one's power, because it has become habitual. -- Karl Pearson
[Khrushchev] should get a one-ton medal. -- Mao Zedong
I've always dreamed of an Olympic medal. -- Keeth Smart
Army Specialist Bradley Manning deserves a medal, not prison. -- Michael Moore
I want to win a gold medal in London. -- Kerri Walsh
I don't know where my first gold medal is. -- Shaun White
A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow. -- Winston Churchill
Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else. -- Rebecca Lobo
You don't need to win every medal to be successful. -- Jason Fried
Britain's last gold medal was a bronze in 1952 in Helsinki -- Nigel Starmer-Smith
Yes folks, their gold medal looks the same as everybody elses. -- Bob Costas
It's important not to make the gold medal bigger than it is. -- Ashton Eaton
On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian. -- Zebulon Pike
It's nice to have a medal, but we were hoping for a gold. -- Marta Karolyi
The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart. -- Bob Kerrey
Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes. -- Cathy Rigby
I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal. -- Laura Wilkinson
People fall down, winners get up, and gold medal winners just get up faster! -- Bonnie St. John
You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. -- Seth Godin
If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal. -- Fidel Castro
In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002. -- Wayne Gretzky
Identity itself should be not a smug label or a gold medal but a revolution. -- Andrew Solomon
If I do something for my kids, I get a medal, because most fathers don't. -- Louis C. K.
I'd love to try and get a summer and winter gold medal-that would be amazing. -- Shaun White
Saint Christopher, who said, Where can I get a Frank Sinatra medal? Never got a dinner! -- Red Buttons
Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for. -- Mary Lou Retton
I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal. -- Paula Radcliffe
If [American Idol] was the Olympics, I'd still get a medal. It was a great race. -- Kimberley Locke
I'm happy because I got another medal. It's a competition and it's ice and anything can happen. -- Irina Slutskaya
Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me. -- Ashley Wagner
I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap. -- Miles Davis
I haven't let the gold medal out of my sight; it sleeps next to me in bed. -- Magdalena Neuner
I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open. -- Nancy Kerrigan
If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright. -- Yohan Blake
I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal. -- Scott Hamilton
I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today. -- Tom Daley
How could you look more stupid than to be the guy accepting a bronze medal in gold shoes? -- Michael Johnson
My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal. -- Debi Thomas
What were several fewer species of animals compared with a hundred-mile advance and another medal on another general? -- Brian Aldiss
To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now. -- Jordyn Wieber
WikiLeaks is a service to the population. Assange should get an award for - presidential medal of honor. -- Noam Chomsky
Sri Chinmoy brings Heaven to me. He inspires everyone to be happy. He deserves the biggest gold medal. -- Emil Zatopek
The first gold medal we had won for the Soviet Union. This one we won for each other. -- Ekaterina Gordeeva
To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one. -- Adelina Sotnikova
You're a monster. Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise? No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable. -- Orson Scott Card
This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's. -- S. J. Perelman
Doing goodness is good only when you don't expect anything in return; not a medal, not even a simple thanking! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
Here lies a man who was given a medal for killing two men, and a dishonorable discharge for loving one. -- Leonard Matlovich
Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin. -- Muhammad Ali
Surprisingly enough, I haven't had a letter from Amateur Boxing Scotland bosses offering their congratulations for my Melbourne medal win. -- Kenny Anderson
The Air Force pinned a medal on me for killing a man and discharged me for making love to one. -- Leonard Matlovich
When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?' -- Kipchoge Keino
Getting the degree meant more to me than an NCAA title, being named All-American or winning an Olympic gold medal. -- Patrick Ewing
Julian Assange shouldn't be the subject of a grand jury hearing, he should be given a medal. He's contributing to democracy. -- Noam Chomsky
I won the Olympic gold medal in Rome, Italy. Olympic champion. The Russian standing right here, and the Pole right here. -- Muhammad Ali
I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play. -- Patrick Ewing
The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity. -- Robert Graves
The medal is not for yourself. It couldn't be done without the support and help of my people, runners, and coaches -- Alberto Juantorena
And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward. -- Alicia Sacramone

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