Olympic Medals Quotes:

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

- Muhammad Ali

source: Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011

topic: Running, Courage, Famous Inspirational, Fear None, Courage To Change

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

- Peggy Fleming

topic: Leadership, Sports, Love You, Olympic Games, Olympic Medals

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

- Florence Griffith Joyner

topic: Athlete, Listening, Tell Me I Can T, Olympic Medals, Olympics Games

Never put an age limit on your dreams

- Dara Torres

source: "Dara Torres: Don’t put an age limit on your dreams" by Giovanni Castelli, optometrytimes.modernmedicine.com. June 22, 2017.

topic: Dream, Athlete, Age, Inspirational Athlete, Olympic Games

I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.

- Shaun White

topic: Sports, World, Olympics, Olympic Games, Olympic Medals

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

- Bruce Jenner

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

topic: Motivational, Athlete, Mind, Olympic Games, Inspiring Athlete

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

- Carl Lewis

topic: Inspirational, Winning, Way, Inspirational Athlete, Sports Training

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

- Michael Phelps

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Olympic Games, Inspiring Athlete

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

topic: Home, Athlete, Kids, Olympic Games, Olympic Medals

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

source: "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Influence And Power, Inspirational Athlete

I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

- Jesse Owens

source: Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”

topic: Running, Athlete, Long, Olympic Games, Olympic Medals

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

- Jesse Owens

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Hockey, Winning, Advice, Olympic Medals, Olympics Games

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

- Jesse Owens

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Motivational, Sports, Track, Olympic Games, Olympic Medals

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

- Mia Hamm

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer, Inspirational Soccer, Olympic Games

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

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

topic: Motivational, Running, Athlete, Olympic Medals, Facing Challenges

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. It has nothing to do with how many times you win or lose. It has no relation to where you finish in a race or whether you break world records. But it does have everything to do with having the vision to dream, the courage to recover from adversity and the determination never to be shifted from your goals.

- Kieren Perkins

topic: Sports, Dream, Determination, Olympic Medals, Motivational Swimming

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

topic: Memories, Team, Honor, Olympic Games, Olympic Medals

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

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

topic: Believe, Long, Feelings, Olympic Games, Olympic Medals

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

- Gabby Douglas

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Champion, Olympic Medals, Champions Are Made

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

topic: Sports, Athlete, Grandmother, Olympic Medals, Winter Olympics

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

- Carl Lewis

topic: Athlete, Journey, Outcomes, Olympic Games, Inspirational Winning

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

topic: Motivational, Athlete, Men, Olympic Medals, Gold Medals

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

topic: Success, Sports, Accomplishment, Olympic Medals, Gold Medals

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Fighting, Winning, Aquariums, Olympic Games, Olympic Medals

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.

- Michael Phelps

topic: Disappointment, People, Gold, Olympic Medals

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

topic: Winning, Special, Gold, Olympic Medals, World Records

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.

- Doris Kearns Goodwin

source: Source: www.achievement.org

topic: Morning, Nice, Winning, Olympic Medals

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.

- Gabby Douglas

source: Source: pridepublishinggroup.com

topic: Dream, Mean, Hard Work, Olympic Medals

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

- Venus Williams

topic: Dream, Dad, Home, Olympic Medals

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.

- Mark Zupan

topic: Country, People, Done, Olympic Medals, Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

I never got into MMA to be famous, I got into it to compete and pursue athletic aspirations. They were my pure intentions. I came from a true sport, an Olympic background, winning multiple national, international and Olympic medals. So I entered MMA as a sport.

- Matt Lindland

topic: Sports, Winning, Mma, Olympic Medals

Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.

- Ashley Wagner

topic: Would Be, Accomplished, Medal, Olympic Medals

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

- Esther Williams

topic: Winning, Medal, Olympic Medals

I've always dreamed of an Olympic medal.

- Keeth Smart

topic: Medal, Olympic Medals

I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something I would have liked to have added to my resume, but at the same time I think I can look back at my athletic career and feel that I was one of the best.

- Mary Decker

topic: Athlete, Winning, Thinking, Olympic Medals, Athletic Ability

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.

- Joseph Heller

source: Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

topic: Ideas, Class, Tennis, Olympic Medals, Class Privilege

I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.

- Paula Radcliffe

topic: Would Be, Bronze, Medal, Olympic Medals

An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honor that can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title to have won gold at the Olympics.

- Jeff Fenech

topic: Athlete, Achievement, Honor, Olympic Games, Greatest Achievement

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.

- Raelene Boyle

topic: Sports, Team, Winning, Olympic Medals

More than 10,000 athletes came to Atlanta seeking Olympic medals. Only a few of them will be lucky and skilled enough to claim one.

- Mary Lou Retton

topic: Athlete, Atlanta, Lucky, Olympic Medals

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

- Mary Lou Retton

topic: Years, Bags, Bread, Olympic Medals

An Olympic medal won't define my whole life, although it might look like it to onlookers. When I look back, I should have been able to get an Olympic medal.

- Paula Radcliffe

topic: Might, Able, Looks, Olympic Medals

I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it was my first big win at the Olympics.

- Allyson Felix

topic: Sports, Winning, Looks, Olympic Medals

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.

- Gagan Narang

topic: Sports, Games, Government, Olympic Medals