Olympic Medals Quotes

• He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011

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• The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

  Peggy Fleming

  Leadership, Sports, Running

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

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• When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

  Florence Griffith Joyner

  Motivational, Athlete, Positivity

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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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• 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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• You have to train your mind like you train your body.

  Bruce Jenner

  Motivational, Inspirational Sports, Athlete

  "The Brain-Training Secrets Of Olympic Athletes" By Carolyn Gregoire, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 11, 2014.

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• If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

  Carl Lewis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Confidence

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• Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.

  Michael Phelps

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of trainers instead.

  Erick Barrondo

  Home, Athlete, Kids

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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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• 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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  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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• If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.

  Jesse Owens

  Hockey, Winning, Advice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

  Jesse Owens

  Motivational, Sports, Quilts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

  Mia Hamm

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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• The only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Feet, Facing Challenges, Way

  Nadia Comaneci (2009). “Letters to a Young Gymnast”, p.50, Basic Books

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• Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about overcoming the barriers we place in front of ourselves.

  Kieren Perkins

  Swimming, People, Overcoming

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• The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal.

  Mitch Gaylord

  Memories, Team, Bronze Medal

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• To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.

  Sebastian Coe

  Believe, Bronze Medal, Somewhere Else

  Sebastian Coe, Nicholas Mason (1988). “The Olympians: A Quest for Gold: Triumphs, Heroes & Legends”

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• Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made.

  Gabby Douglas

  Sports, Champion, Made

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• I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Motivational, Sports, Running

  FaceBook post by Nadia Comaneci from Apr 24, 2014

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• Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.

  Charles Barkley

  Sports, Athlete, Grandmother

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• It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

  Carl Lewis

  Motivational, Athlete, Journey

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• It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.

  Dan O'Brien

  Motivational, Athlete, Men

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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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