Medals Quotes
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Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.
Esther Williams
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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 -
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 -
If I'd gone into taekwondo, I'd probably have won several Olympic medals.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
Ceausescu thought I had only a few medals, but I have a room full of them in Bucharest, between 150-200 in all. They needed suitcases to haul them out.
Nadia Comaneci -
I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.
Lindsey Vonn -
But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.
Sally Pearson
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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 -
That's what everybody remembers. They don't remember how many medals I won in my career. They remember the 10s.
Nadia Comaneci -
I won gold medals representing this country, but I've gotten more recognition around the world than I have in my own back yard.
Bob Hayes -
We moved to the city when I was 7, and the lack of exercise made me frustrated. I started fighting with my sisters, and my parents put me in judo as an outlet. I became very competitive and won a lot of medals.
Cesar Millan -
It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped.
Amby Burfoot -
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
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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 -
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 -
Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals.
Buzz Aldrin -
My desire to compete has grown with each level of competition and is what still excites me today. I am blessed to have gone from the playground to winning a college national championship to representing my country and winning two Olympic gold medals.
Amy Rodriguez -
I didn't think I was going to get any medals, and so it was great to get silver.
Sasha Cohen -
We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one.
Esther Williams
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After about 25 medals, you run out of shoulder to put them on.
George S. Day -
On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
Brennan Manning -
I know that God is working through me within this sport. I know He's put me here for a purpose and it's not just to win medals. Winning is great and hopefully it gives me a platform to spread His love and spread His Word, but at the end of the day, I'm called to do what He wants me to do.
Elana Meyers -
It was a true honor to have represented my country at my first Paralympic Winter Games and proud to bring home gold and silver medals for the U.S.
Mike Schultz