Gold Medals Quotes - Page 6

• When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God, why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it wasn't just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Winning, Gold, Transition

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• My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've ever won.

  Betty Cuthbert

  Motivational, Athlete, Free Gifts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Eight gold medals? If I wanted I could make a movie about me winning nine gold medals. Now that's real power.

  Zach Braff

  Real, Winning, Eight

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• I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat. Thought I'd put them on the spot. I sat down and asked for a meal. The Olympic champion wearing his gold medal. They said, "We don't serve niggers here." I said, "That's okay, I don't eat 'em." But they put me out in the street. So I went down to the river, the Ohio River, and threw my gold medal in it.

  Muhammad Ali

  Rivers, Ohio, Black History

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Sep 20, 2012

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• It's cool when people ask me about my gold medal and they say it will last forever. I will try to promote skiing and show everyone it's not just about competition. It's about having fun with your friends in the snow. I want to bring people with less opportunities to the snow, try to use my gold medal to support programs to bring more people to the snow.

  Julia Mancuso

  Fun, Opportunity, People

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• Although they only give gold medals in the field of athletics, I encourage everyone to look into themselves and find their own personal dream, whatever that may be - sports, medicine, law, business, music, writing, whatever. The same principles apply. Turn your dream into a goal and learn how to attack that goal systematically. Break it into bite-size chunks that seem possible, and then don't give up. Just keep plugging away.

  John Naber

  Sports, Dream, Giving Up

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• I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell them if I need the money.

  Eric Heiden

  Motivational, Nice, Athlete

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• Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well.

  Inge de Bruijn

  Motivational, Country, Hard Work

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• 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

  Motivation, Winning, Long

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• 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

  Warrior, Leader, Gold

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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

  Sacrifice, Winning, Years

  Misty May-Treanor (2010). “Misty: Digging Deep in Volleyball and Life”, p.284, Simon and Schuster

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• Growing up, you always dream of winning a gold medal. But coming into these Games, it wasn't something I was focused on. I'm just enjoying skating. This is the best season ever. I think that this year, my 3,000 meters has been stronger than the 1,500. The 1,500 has been anybody's race this year. When I was first, I still didn't know if that was enough.

  Cindy Klassen

  Dream, Growing Up, Winning

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• I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.

  Laura Wilkinson

  Winning, Goal, Gold

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• Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.

  Frank Shorter

  Sports, Running, Winning

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• I just won the gold medal and I couldn't eat downtown. I said, 'Something's wrong.' And from then on, I've been a Muslim.

  Muhammad Ali

  Gold, Downtown, Said

  "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

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• It's a level of strength and character that few of us can imagine; a grace under pressure that few of us will ever attain. It's why an Olympic gold medal would not have made us love or admire her more.

  Peggy Fleming

  Character, Grace, Gold

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• The United States deserves nothing but love and adoration and gold medals left and right and peace prizes left and right, things we never get.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Gold, United States, Adoration

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Gold, Medal

  Source: www.hockeycanada.ca

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• I had been living the life that society tends to dictate for women of a certain age. You marry the person who asks you, even though he may or may not be the best one for you. Around the time that I got divorced, I had an epiphany that there is no blue ribbon or gold medal for living someone else's life, for fulfilling someone else's dreams. It's doesn't make you happy. You just end up with a life that's not yours.

  Gabrielle Union

  Dream, Live Life, Blue

  Source: pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I won the Olympic gold medal in Rome, Italy. Olympic champion. The Russian standing right here, and the Pole right here.

  Muhammad Ali

  Rome, Champion, Gold

  "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

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• 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

  Basketball, Athlete, Winning

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• My support system, in my surgeon, my P.T., my pilates, my weightlifting, everything that I'm doing to make my body and my mind stronger is just, you know, has been on point. So I feel very prepared for the journey to qualify, and the journey to wear the gold medal.

  Kerri Walsh

  Journey, Support Systems, Mind

  "37-year-old Olympian explains how she stays so dominant at an age when most athletes retire". Interview with Emmett Knowlton, www.businessinsider.com. March 1, 2016.

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• Sometimes I feel envious when my friends go to parties and I have to go to bed. But my friends always tell me that the parties really aren't that much fun anyway. Whatever I've missed, I've made up for. Most kids don't get to go to the Olympics and win three gold medals. It's definitely been worth it and I wouldn't do it if I didn't want to.

  Janet Evans

  Fun, Party, Kids

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• Anytime you've got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal, I think that takes it all. That's the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.

  Larry Bird

  Sports, Country, Team

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• I'm six-foot-five. I'm not going to win the gold medal in figure skating. But I can try, and that's what matters. Trying.

  Aleks Paunovic

  Winning, Feet, What Matters

  "Watchtower Actor Aleks Paunovic: Getting out of his own way, and the importance of trying". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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