Medal Quotes - Page 5

• Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Winning, Olympics, Participating

  "The Olympics - Where Are They Headed?". Awake! Magazine, February 8, 1977.

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• My Sin City heroes are knights in dirty, blood-caked armor. They bring justice to a world that gives them no medals, no praise, no reward. That world, that city, often kills them for their brave service.

  Frank Miller

  Dirty, Hero, Knights

  "Frank Miller: I Stole From The Best!". COMICDOM interview, January 22, 2006.

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• Look, I won in high school, I won a national championship in college, I want to win one in the NBA. But winning a gold medal, I don't think anything can top that.

  Carmelo Anthony

  School, Winning, College

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• Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the President of the United States is authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design to the family of the late Honorable Leo J. Ryan in recognition of his distinguished service as a Member of Congress and the fact of his untimely death by assassination while performing his responsibilities as a Member of the United States House of Representatives.

  Leo Ryan

  Responsibility, America, Design

  "Act Awarding Leo Ryan Congressional Gold Medal". United States Congress, H.R. 3348 Public Law 98 - 159, November 18, 1983.

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• 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

  Army, World, Veteran

  "45 Quotes on Sachin Tendulkar in Honour of the Master Blaster’s 44th Birthday" by Tarun Mittal, yourstory.com. April 24, 2017.

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• There's a consensus out that it's OK to kill when your government decides who to kill. If you kill inside the country you get in trouble. If you kill outside the country, right time, right season, latest enemy, you get a medal.

  Joan Baez

  Country, War, Government

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• Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it - but they sort of just follow what they were doing. Repeat or follow what they were doing all their lives, in their style of music or whatever. In my case, I always try to start from scratch. It's very nerve-wracking actually, but it's interesting.

  Yoko Ono

  Awards, People, Interesting

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I was having a very hard time carrying those medals and didnt have the insight or maturity to know what to do with my combination of guilt and pride.

  Karl Marlantes

  Pride, Marine, Maturity

  Karl Marlantes (2011). “What It Is Like To Go To War”, p.115, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions.

  Warren Buffett

  Teacher, Fate, Long

  "Zuckerberg, Gates, Buffett and the Triumph of Competitive Philanthropy". www.washingtonpost.com. December 02, 2015.

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• I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Boston, Years

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• My stepdad is Bruce Jenner, the Olympian. The first time he came over was like a blind date, and we had show and tell. He took out the gold medal for me and my sisters, and we were like, 'So? Who the hell are you?'

  Kourtney Kardashian

  Gold, Firsts, Hell

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• One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do well and win a medal somewhere, and then it's all foisted on you. You never know when it's going to happen. You don't think about the media side of things when you're a young athlete trying to do well.

  Jessica Ennis

  Athlete, Thinking, Winning

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• Comfort his family with a telegram, we regret to inform you we lost a man, but we gave him the highest medal of the land.

  Phil Ochs

  Regret, Men, Land

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• Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany with a victory. I had nothing to do with the Nazis, but they would have given me a medal. After the war I might have been considered a war criminal.

  Max Schmeling

  War, Victory, Criminals

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• To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.

  Adelina Sotnikova

  Games, Gold, Wanted

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• 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

  Winning, Gold, Would Be

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• The pernicious influence of the prize and medal giving in art is so great that it should be stopped. History proves that juries in art have been generally wrong.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Giving, Rewards

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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• To win more medals at Beijing is just fantastic, and British cycling has come a huge way in the last few years.

  Bradley Wiggins

  Winning, Cycling, Years

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• Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.

  Cathy Rigby

  Hero, Athlete, Gold

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• What were several fewer species of animals compared with a hundred-mile advance and another medal on another general?

  Brian Aldiss

  Animal, Hundred, Miles

  "Greybeard". Book by Brian Aldiss, 1964.

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• Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

  Sally Pearson

  Winning, Years, Gold

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Taken, Thinking, Would Be

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

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• 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

  Running, Believe, People

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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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