Medal Quotes

• If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything.

  Clara Hughes

  Dream, Athlete, Infinite Possibilities

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• You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

  Bill Parcells

  Nfl, Trying, Inspiring Football

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• Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

  Dan Gable

  Sports, Determination, Wrestling

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• 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

  Get Better, Trying, Events

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

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• Winning is not about how many medals you get-it's about accomplishing goals and just being the best you can be!

  Michelle Kwan

  Motivational, Winning, Goal

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• 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

  Winning, Journey, The End Of The Day

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• I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

  John F. Kerry

  Proud

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• A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.

  Winston Churchill

  Shadow, Glitter, Reputation

  Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From September 11, 1943 to August 16, 1945”

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• 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

  Kids, Cutting, Together Again

  "Joe Frazier: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 7, 2011.

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• Winning is not about headlines and hardware [medals]. It's only about attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and every day and attempts to be the best runner and best person he can be. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.

  Amby Burfoot

  Giving Up, Attitude, Struggle

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• To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now.

  Jordyn Wieber

  Feelings, Gold, Necks

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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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• Never buy gold, simply earn it

  Mary Kom

  Gold

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  The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

  Jesse Owens

  Running, Over You, Victory

  Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”

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• Never put an age limit on your dreams.

  Dara Torres

  Inspirational, Sports, Dream

  "Dara Torres: Don’t put an age limit on your dreams" by Giovanni Castelli, optometrytimes.modernmedicine.com. June 22, 2017.

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• It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Gold, Speed

  Amby Burfoot (2000). “The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life: What 35 Years of Running Have Taught Me About Winning, Losing, Happiness, Humility, and the Human Heart”, p.77, Rodale

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  Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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• I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Pain, Regret

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• 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

  Softball, Sports, Meaningful

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• 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

  Motivational, Basketball, Girl

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• I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.

  Shaun White

  Sports, World, Olympics

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• The potential for greatness lives within us all.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Inspirational Sports, Athlete, Greatness

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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• To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

  Shawn Johnson

  Feelings, Gold, World

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• 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

  Success, Sports, Accomplishment

  Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

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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

  Encouragement, Hard Work, Science

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