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You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results. — Bill Parcells

It was never about winning medals or being famous. — Nancy Kerrigan

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

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

When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it. — Carl Lewis

I don't know where my medals are. — Eric Cantona

Great Britain have won 40% of their medals in cycling. If only there was snooker, darts and a dog show. — Jim Lampley

I never liked being called the 'most decorated' soldier. There were so many guys who should have gotten medals and never did
guys who were killed. — Audie Murphy

That's because the International Olympic Committee has a policy of never replacing medals. — Mary Lou Retton

The old guard in any society resents new methods, for old guards wear the decorations and medals won by waging battle in the accepted manner. — Martin Luther King Jr.

The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three. — Bode Miller

If God awarded us medals, as they do in the Olympics, love would win the gold, joy the silver, and peace the bronze. — Charles R. Swindoll

If I'd gone into taekwondo, I'd probably have won several Olympic medals. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic

When I broke my knee, no one cared how I was; they just wanted me to get better and come back to gymnastics to win more medals for their country. — Lavinia Agache

West Virginia is among the nation's leaders in military service, in killed in action, in medals for valor. — Rick Bragg

Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions. — Phyllis Schlafly

Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket. — Gino Bartali

My big objective this season is to win three gold medals at the Olympics, in the road race, the time trial and the points race. — Marianne Vos

Maybe he knew it and maybe he didn't, but for someone like me, words like that are worth all the medals in the world. — R.J. Palacio

The working mothers of America deserve medals. — Constance Marie

The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line. — Charles Edward Montague

Tomboy. Alright, call me a tomboy. Tomboys get medals. Tomboys win championships. Tomboys can fly. Oh. And tomboys aren't boys. — Julie Foudy

There should be medals struck for men who produce tea at exactly the moment it's needed. — Jodi Taylor

We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one. — Esther Williams

Medals are decided by hundredths of a second, so I need assurance that my vision is perfect every time I compete, no matter what the conditions. — Lindsey Vonn

The lines on your face are your medals. You've earned them, so why shouldn't they be worn with honour? — Cherie Lunghi

I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do. — Mary Lou Retton

He couldn't understand how he was awarded medals and honors for clubbing and bayoneting people, and be called a barbarian for killing seals. — Geoff Butler

And I know what confidence medals can bring. — Gary Neville

They did not hang medals, in those days, on all who by accident had heard a gun fired. — Rudyard Kipling

I'm a crack shot and I've won medals for shooting. But I don't think I could shoot a person. — Gene Vincent

These aren't my scars, cuts, and bruises. These are my medals of honor. — Bryan Stevenson

Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day. — Gabby Douglas

From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing. — Jamie Redknapp

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. — Shawn Johnson

Don't be afraid of suffering. Often scars are the medals of success. — Debasish Mridha

Scars are the awards of success, not the medals. — Debasish Mridha

After about 25 medals, you run out of shoulder to put them on. — George S. Day

Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals. — Buzz Aldrin

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

Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot. — Gabby Douglas

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

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

Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Live your life not to win golden medals but to win golden hearts. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Many people talk about winning two straight gold medals, but I'm not focusing on defending the title. — Kim Yuna

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

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

Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl. — Sheryl Swoopes

Give me enough medals and I'll win you any war — Napoleon Bonaparte

Medals don't suit me. I'm not that kind of guy. — Heinrich Boll

It's not fair, men get to go off and chase around the country and get medals for doing stupid things and women get to sit home and worry. — Nancy E. Turner

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

The dynamic has really changed in the U.S. Americans believe they can be competitive, that they can win medals. — Alberto Salazar

Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them? — Eric Heiden

His scars and his tattoos were the medals of his lifetime. He was proud to wear them. — Robert Harris

A conqueror's victories are his medals, and his enemies are his trophies. — Matshona Dhliwayo

It's always good to get a wake-up call and a reminder that you can't just go there and collect medals. — Marit Bjorgen

It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped. — Amby Burfoot

Honestly, it's not the medals that I feel so proud of. It's the way I conducted myself as an athlete, the hard work that I put forward. — Kyle Shewfelt

Because Banshees don't think much of medals! — Henry V. O'Neil

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world. — Esther Williams

If one man tells you to murder, you get a jail cell - if another man tells you to murder, you get medals and a pension. — Stefan Molyneux

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

Tough guy, if brooding was a sport, you'd have gold medals with scowling faces lining the walls of your room. — Julie Kagawa

The Olympics have just started and the Greeks are already 14 medals in debt. — Conan O'Brien

The [IBJJF] medal has zero value. It means as much as this tablecloth right here, but people still kill themselves to try to get those medals. — Ryron Gracie

In the gates of Heaven, the war medals are nothing but the evidences of murder! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction. — Paul Robeson

We eat and sleep and shuffle through the fog, walking a marathon with no finish line, no medals, no cheering. — Isaac Marion

Medals hang from his neck in a glittering array, like jewelry, like starts that will now go out because their sun no longer burns. — Lurlene McDaniel

(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational)
I swam my brains out. — Mark Spitz

Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time. — Carolina Kostner

They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody. — Michael Johnson

Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man. — Ai Weiwei

I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors. — Nastia Liukin

Hey Mark Henry, where are your gold medals? We all know that if Mark Henry won a gold medal he'd just take it and have it bronzed. — Jerry Lawler

One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by. — Johan Cruyff

Men went mad and were rewarded with medals. — Joseph Heller

I've been lucky enough to travel the world and win awards and medals, but it was time to stop. — Natalie Du Toit

The European countries are really hoping to do well in the Olympics. If they win gold medals, they can use them as cash. — David Letterman

I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time. — Paul Gascoigne

I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps. — Lindsey Vonn

Aren't they all heroes-our cats who train us, keep us and put up with us? For these accomplishments alone, they deserve medals. — Arnold Hano

Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at. — Eric Shanteau

Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts. — Pierre De Coubertin

This is my last Commonwealth Games. Five CWG and nine medals, it is enough for me. — Abhinav Bindra

Scars are medals branded on the flesh, and your enemies will be frightened by them because they are proof of your long experience of battle. — Paulo Coelho

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars. — Elbert Hubbard

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

The Games have been decimated. If you take away the Eastern Bloc, you take away 50% of the medals — Ron Pickering

After the adrenaline had worn off and medals had been awarded and the glory meted out, only the suffering remained after a battle. — Brian McClellan

How does it feel to have so many medals pinned to one's chest?"
"Heavy," he said, and she laughed. — Lisa Kleypas

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment. — Gail Devers

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

She left the event with gold medals in the all-around, vault, floor and uneven bars. She also nabbed the silver medal on the balance beam. — Christine Dzidrums

Scars are the medals of success, not the glitters or the gold. — Debasish Mridha

Naturally the U.S. trails in gold medals because every time we win one, we hand it over to the Chinese to pay off our debt. — Stephen Colbert

I have two hands. I can hold two medals. — Shani Davis

I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. — Jesse Owens