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I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and he wrote the highly controversial antiwar book 'War is a Racket.' -- Jesse Ventura
Medals are decided by hundredths of a second, so I need assurance that my vision is perfect every time I compete, no matter what the conditions. -- Lindsey Vonn
More Medals of Honor were given for the indiscriminate slaughter of women and children than for any battle in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan. -- Aaron Huey
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
Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals. -- Buzz Aldrin
You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction. -- Paul Robeson
You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results. -- Bill Parcells
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars. -- Elbert Hubbard
Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day. -- Gabby Douglas
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. -- Dan Gable
Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions. -- Phyllis Schlafly
Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot. -- Gabby Douglas
I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. -- Shawn Johnson
I am not interested in medals or titles. I don't need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it. -- Olga Korbut
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
The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line. -- Charles Edward Montague
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
The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at. -- Jesse Owens
Opting for gold shoes could have been considered downright cocky, but I was confident and never doubted my ability to deliver gold medals to match my shimmering footwear. -- Michael Johnson
We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be. -- Lauren Hutton
Along with all those books about Lincoln, Obama might read some biographies of Napoleon. The general who established the Legion d'Honneur understood that people fought as much for medals as for morals. -- Tina Brown
You always dream of going to the Olympics and winning gold. I've learned over the years that there are lots of gold medals, but certain stories stick out and make a difference. -- Kerri Strug
I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart. -- Michael Phelps
I do not care how brave a president is; I do not care how many medals he may wear. I do not care how well trained his guards may be. If he violates the will of the people, he shall be eliminated. -- Ferdinand Marcos
I wouldn't swap the era I competed in for anything, not a day of it. I started out as an amateur, and people like myself, Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Steve Cram, Tessa Sanderson and the rest did it for the glory of winning medals for our country. -- Daley Thompson
2012 has been an extraordinary year for our country. We cheered our Queen to the rafters with the Jubilee, showed the world what we're made of by staging the most spectacular Olympic and Paralympic Games ever and - let's not forget - punched way above our weight in the medals table. -- David Cameron
As the Olympic torch neared Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1980, signaling the opening of that year's Winter Olympics, newspapers and magazines throughout the world offered predictions on who would win medals in the major sports. Not a single publication gave the American men's hockey team a chance against the world powers. -- Don Yaeger
During my time, squash was not even part of Asian or Commonwealth Games. Considering the dominance of Jansher Khan and I in the '80s and '90s, it goes without saying that Pakistan would have bagged a plethora of medals through us at these games. And yes, the ultimate prize would have been an Olympic gold. -- Jahangir Khan
It's hard to think it's important to try out as cheerleader when you're starring on Broadway. But you do kind of miss the things that I now see my children doing. I'm just happy they are not actors. The Valentine's Day dance is really important. Pitching in Little League is very important. And the medals and the scouts are really important. -- Bonnie Bedelia
I don't know where my medals are. -- Eric Cantona
The working mothers of America deserve medals. -- Constance Marie
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals. -- Joseph Heller
And I know what confidence medals can bring. -- Gary Neville
Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
It was never about winning medals or being famous. -- Nancy Kerrigan
I have two hands. I can hold two medals. -- Shani Davis
Scars are the awards of success, not the medals. -- Debasish Mridha
Give me enough medals and I'll win you any war -- Napoleon Bonaparte
I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them. -- John F. Kerry
We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one. -- Esther Williams
I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. -- Jesse Owens
Scars are the medals of success, not the glitters or the gold. -- Debasish Mridha
After about 25 medals, you run out of shoulder to put them on. -- George S. Day
Live your life not to win golden medals but to win golden hearts. -- Mehmet Murat ildan
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It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped. -- Amby Burfoot
Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts. -- Pierre de Coubertin
I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps. -- Lindsey Vonn
Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world. -- Esther Williams
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars. -- Elbert Hubbard
I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals. -- Paulo Coelho
(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out. -- Mark Spitz
In the gates of Heaven, the war medals are nothing but the evidences of murder! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors. -- Nastia Liukin
This is my last Commonwealth Games. Five CWG and nine medals, it is enough for me. -- Abhinav Bindra
Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man. -- Ai Weiwei
Many people talk about winning two straight gold medals, but I'm not focusing on defending the title. -- Kim Yuna
For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed. -- Mary Lou Retton
On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars. -- Brennan Manning
The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three. -- Bode Miller
The Games have been decimated. If you take away the Eastern Bloc, you take away 50% of the medals -- Ron Pickering
I'm a crack shot and I've won medals for shooting. But I don't think I could shoot a person. -- Gene Vincent
I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time. -- Paul Gascoigne
Great Britain have won 40% of their medals in cycling. If only there was snooker, darts and a dog show. -- Jim Lampley
I've been lucky enough to travel the world and win awards and medals, but it was time to stop. -- Natalie du Toit
Tomboy. Alright, call me a tomboy. Tomboys get medals. Tomboys win championships. Tomboys can fly. Oh. And tomboys aren't boys. -- Julie Foudy
Winning is not about how many medals you get-it's about accomplishing goals and just being the best you can be! -- Michelle Kwan
The dynamic has really changed in the U.S. Americans believe they can be competitive, that they can win medals. -- Alberto Salazar
It's always good to get a wake-up call and a reminder that you can't just go there and collect medals. -- Marit Bjorgen
We eat and sleep and shuffle through the fog, walking a marathon with no finish line, no medals, no cheering. -- Isaac Marion
Eight gold medals? If I wanted I could make a movie about me winning nine gold medals. Now that's real power. -- Zach Braff
I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold. -- Marian Dragulescu
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
Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket. -- Gino Bartali
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
From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing. -- Jamie Redknapp
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
To win more medals at Beijing is just fantastic, and British cycling has come a huge way in the last few years. -- Bradley Wiggins
Aren't they all heroes-our cats who train us, keep us and put up with us? For these accomplishments alone, they deserve medals. -- Arnold Hano
He couldn't understand how he was awarded medals and honors for clubbing and bayoneting people, and be called a barbarian for killing seals. -- Geoff Butler
Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken, -- Misty May-Treanor
More than 10,000 athletes came to Atlanta seeking Olympic medals. Only a few of them will be lucky and skilled enough to claim one. -- Mary Lou Retton
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment. -- Gail Devers
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. -- Leonard Cohen
The European countries are really hoping to do well in the Olympics. If they win gold medals, they can use them as cash. -- David Letterman
Success has a very narrow definition in professional athletics: medals and records, and pursuit of anything outside of that is looked down upon. -- Lauren Fleshman
If God awarded us medals, as they do in the Olympics, love would win the gold, joy the silver, and peace the bronze. -- Charles R. Swindoll
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Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken. -- Misty May-Treanor
I am not interested in medals or titles. I dont need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it. -- Olga Korbut
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. -- Leonard Cohen
My big objective this season is to win three gold medals at the Olympics, in the road race, the time trial and the points race. -- Marianne Vos
The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duty from the front line. -- Charles Edward Montague
Malaysia didn't end up winning any gold medals at the Rio Olympics, but had set new records and brought the nation closer, so keep going. -- Azran Osman Rani
Scars are medals branded on the flesh, and your enemies will be frightened by them because they are proof of your long experience of battle. -- Paulo Coelho
If one man tells you to murder, you get a jail cell - if another man tells you to murder, you get medals and a pension. -- Stefan Molyneux
The [IBJJF] medal has zero value. It means as much as this tablecloth right here, but people still kill themselves to try to get those medals. -- Ryron Gracie
Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success. -- Mary Lou Retton
I never liked being called the 'most decorated' soldier. There were so many guys who should have gotten medals and never did-- guys who were killed. -- Audie Murphy
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seemed to seek death on battlefields. -- William Manchester
Naturally the U.S. trails in gold medals because every time we win one, we hand it over to the Chinese to pay off our debt. -- Stephen Colbert
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
Honestly, it's not the medals that I feel so proud of. It's the way I conducted myself as an athlete, the hard work that I put forward. -- Kyle Shewfelt
Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of 'what ifs' and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win. -- Shannon Miller
Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl. -- Sheryl Swoopes
Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd, And vanquished realms supply recording gold? -- Alexander Pope
I believe people run marathons every day of their lives in one way or another, and we need to remember to give ourselves the finishers' medals we deserve. -- Zoe Koplowitz
Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves. -- Al Oerter
Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars. -- Vance Havner
One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by. -- Johan Cruijff
Success for me is not to have all the medals. Success for me is to always do your best and try to develop and get better at every event -- Carolina Kluft
In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others. -- Simon Sinek
Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world -- Allan Donald
Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It's about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to work in order to achieve your goals. -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
By 1973, John Kerry had already accused American soldiers of committing war crimes in Vietnam, thrown someone else's medals to the ground in an anti-war demonstration, and married his first heiress. -- Ann Coulter
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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
But probably this is helps to win, to win, to gold, more gold medals, and to win most my important medal, heart of people. This is most important for me. -- Olga Korbut
I used to dream of medals and championships, but now I dream solely of a blue-eyed fighter who one day changed my life, when he put his lips on mine. . . -- Katy Evans
When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it. -- Carl Lewis

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