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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.

  • The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

    Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”
  • When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

  • A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one.

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

  • I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.

    Dream   Dad   Home  
  • 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 (1977). “Wilma”
  • 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, Nicholas Mason (1988). “The Olympians: A Quest for Gold: Triumphs, Heroes & Legends”
  • 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.

  • Breaking my neck was the best thing that ever happened to me. I have an Olympic medal. I've been to so many countries I would never have been, met so many people I would never have met. I've done more in the chair, ... than a whole hell of a lot of people who aren't in chairs.

    Country   People   Done  
  • The potential for greatness lives within us all.

    "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.
  • Cricket pays well, so a lot of people are naturally drawn towards the game. But to carve a niche in non-cricket sports is not easy. So state governments need to be proactive. Indians need to be made aware of the power of an Olympic medal. It should be treated at par with an Oscars or a Nobel Prize.

  • If you make it into an Olympic team, you're good; if you make it into an Olympic final, you're great; and if you win an Olympic medal you're a freak.

    Sports   Team   Winning  
  • 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.

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

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

    "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.
  • Never put an age limit on your dreams.

    "Dara Torres: Don’t put an age limit on your dreams" by Giovanni Castelli, optometrytimes.modernmedicine.com. June 22, 2017.
  • He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

    Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011
  • If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.

    Hockey   Winning   Advice  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • 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.

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

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

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

  • If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy.

    Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2004.
  • Words can't even describe how much Olympic medals means to me, because of all the hard work, sacrifice and effort I put in at the gym, and also because of how much my family supported me and sacrificed their dreams for mine. It also means a lot to me, knowing that I became the first African American to win the individual all-around gold medal.

    Dream   Mean   Hard Work  
    Source: pridepublishinggroup.com
  • Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.

  • To Yossarian, the idea of pennants as prizes was absurd. No money went with them, no class privileges. Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.

    Ideas   Class   Tennis  
    Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.75, Simon and Schuster
  • You can't start out at 20 in whatever your profession is and say, "I want to win an Olympic medal," or "I want to become president," or "I want to win the Pulitzer Prize." If you love what you're doing, it's sort of a nice thing that happens toward the end of your career, or in the middle of your career. It is not the reason you were doing it. The reason you were doing it is because every day you wake up in the morning and you can't wait to learn something new.

    Morning   Nice   Winning  
    Source: www.achievement.org
  • Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made.

    Sports   Champion   Made  
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