Quotes of: Olympic-medal Keyword

It has been a wonderful experience to compete in the Olympic Games and to bring home a gold medal. But since I have been a young lad, I have had my eyes on a different prize. You see, each one of us is in a greater race than any I have run in Paris, ...

Eric Liddell

The best gift I could give my father would be to represent India in the Olympics. If I can do that in 2016, and even win a medal, it will be fantastic.

Jeev Milkha Singh

I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium.

Saina Nehwal

For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed.

Mary Lou Retton

When you win the Olympics, you hope that the medal that you get, that weight makes it feel like you really earned something.

Charlie White

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.

Mary Lou Retton

They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game.

The Champion in all of Us: 12 Rules for Success

As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.

Peter Snell

I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.

Tom Daley

My goal is to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, and I'll fight and continue going until I do that.

Troy Dumais

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

I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.

Patrick Chan

Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get.

Chris Klein

Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset of all time in any sport that I can think of.

Jim McKay

Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre.

Lucy Powell

The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background.

George Foreman

We may not have sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy.

The White Tiger

You always dream of going to the Olympics and winning gold. I've learned over the years that there are lots of gold medals, but certain stories stick out and make a difference.

Kerri Strug

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.

Dan O'Brien

I am a freestyle mogul skier who, on February 13, became the first American to win a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Hannah Kearney

Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a successful gymnastics career and, most certainly, the confirmation that my parents' sacrifices were not in vain.

Dominique Moceanu