Quotes with medal

  • If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.
  • Teofilo Stevenson won his first Olympic gold medal in 1972 and his last world amateur championship in 1986. He won 302 fights and once went an unbelievable 11 years without a loss. Had Cuba not boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics, many think Stevenson would have won an unmatched four gold medals in b

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  • Cate Campbell Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what I wanted.
    Cate Campbell
    Malawian-born Australian athlete (1992 - )
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  • Elbert Hubbard God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Jesse Owens If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.
    Jesse Owens
    American athlete (1913 - 1980)
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  • Cate Campbell It's about never giving up until your hand is on the wall. I think people who get complacent, who think that they are in front, a sloppy touch, can cost you that elusive medal, just as much as the people who are gunning for you. If you believe you can get there right to the very end, miracles do happen.
    Cate Campbell
    Malawian-born Australian athlete (1992 - )
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  • Betty Cuthbert My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've ever won.
    Betty Cuthbert
    Australian athlete (1938 - 2017)
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  • Aaron Neville So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St. Jude medal. And I'm standing there and that judge said I was found guilty, so he sentenced me to what the law prescribed: one to 14 years.
    Aaron Neville
    American soul and country singer (1941 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler Teofilo Stevenson won his first Olympic gold medal in 1972 and his last world amateur championship in 1986. He won 302 fights and once went an unbelievable 11 years without a loss. Had Cuba not boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics, many think Stevenson would have won an unmatched four gold medals in boxing.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Robert Graves The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.
    Robert Graves
    English poet, historical novelist, critic and classicist (1895 - 1985)
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  • Bill Parcells You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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