Medals Quotes

I've been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my brother Jean. For me, I think confidence is the biggest thing; it's all mental. I train with the best of the best, including my brother Steven, a five-time world champion who won Olympic gold medals.

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at.

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

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.

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

I am not interested in medals or titles. I don't need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it.

I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell them if I need the money.

Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences, which let you feel like you've accomplished something.

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

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

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.

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.