Medal Quotes

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching.

I don't know where my first gold medal is.

It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008.

People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea how hard it is. People aren't doing it negatively - they're mostly lovely and they really do want you to win - but they don't understand the difficulty and intensity of competition.

Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

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

Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.

The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career.

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.

That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too.

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

Coming in as a veteran, I'd like to finish with a gold medal.

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.

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

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.

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.

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.

Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.

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.

It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.

I want to win a gold medal in London.

I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal.

For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.

I showed everyone the medal and they said, 'Ooh, I can't believe how heavy it is,' Sometimes they were more interested in the medal than in me. I was like, 'Hey, what about me?'

On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'