“Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” MadeHardRealitySportsDeterminationGoldAthletePersistenceGutsMotivational SportsWrestlingSweatRunnersInspirational SportsMedalGymnasticsGold MedalsMotivational Inspirational SportsWrestlerGreat SportsAthlete MotivationalKeep RunningBest SportsShort SportsShort Inspirational SportsGreatest SportsShort Motivational SportsInspirational RunnerAwesome SportsGymnastGreat Inspirational SportsTrack RunningGreatest AthleteTrack RunnersInspirational TrackPopular SportsMotivational WrestlingMotivate AthletesSports Stars Author:Dan Gable
“Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.” MillionsHeroGoldAthleteContractsMedalGold Medals Author:Cathy Rigby
“So far China has won the most gold medals, ladies and gentlemen. The Chinese athletes can't wait to get home and show the medals off to the kids who made them.” MadeShowsHomeKidsFunnyWaitingGoldAthleteChinaChineseGentlemanOlympicsMedalGold MedalsLadies And GentlemenLondon Olympics Author:Conan O'Brien
“The favorite to win the Olympic gold medal in archery is a legally blind athlete from South Korea, mainly because everyone else is too scared to compete next to him.” FunnyNextWinningGoldBlindSouthAthleteScaredOlympicsMedalKoreaGold MedalsSouth KoreaArcheryLondon Olympics Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The Olympics are every four years and I think every athlete who competes in the Olympics wants the gold medal, and I think that's what the World Cup is for a rugby player - it's the gold medal.” ThinkingWorldWantYearsFourPlayerGoldAthleteCupsFour YearsOlympicsMedalRugbyWorld CupGold Medals Author:George Gregan
“Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year-1956...But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game.” YearsProblemGamesWinningNamesBasketballAchievementGoldBillsAthleteChampionshipMedalGold MedalsNcaa Author:John Eliot
“Russia always has been, and I hope always will be, one of the leading international sports countries. Our athletes still produce great results in international competition, set new records and win gold medals. Yes, like any country, we might have experienced certain ups and downs with regard to results, but in no way does this cast any doubt on Russia's status as one of the leading countries in sport.” CountryWinningSportsDoubtGoldCompetitionAthleteMedalUps & Downs Author:Vladimir Putin
“It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.” MenMotivationalRealizingGoldAthleteLike MeMedalGold MedalsOlympic MedalsDecathlon Author:Dan O'Brien
“I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes, my fans and my mom were happy about it, but I didn't win that gold medal.” FeelsWinningFansMomGoldPerformancesAthleteMy MomOlympicsMedalGold MedalsBest Performance Author:Johnny Weir
“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.” WinningSportsGoldAthleteGrandmotherOlympicsMy GrandmotherMedalGold MedalsOlympic AthleteOlympic MedalsWinter Olympics Author:Charles Barkley
“Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It's about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to work in order to achieve your goals.” SelfHardMotivationalOrderGirlWinningSportsGoalLeadershipAchieveSelf EsteemGoldAthleteEsteemMedalGold MedalsAchieving Your GoalsPlaying Sports Author:Jackie Joyner-Kersee
“I have been visualizing myself every night for the past four years standing on the podium having the gold placed around my neck.” YearsHas BeensMotivationalPastSuccessNightFourStandingGoldAthleteNecksMotivational SportsSwimSwimmingFour YearsEvery NightVisualizingCreative Visualization Author:Megan Jendrick
“When Babe Didrickson Zaharias, often called the 'athletic phenomenon of all time,' won the British woman's gold tournament, people said of her what they had said many times before: "Oh, she's an automatic champion, a natural athlete." When Babe started golfing in earnest thirteen years ago she hit as many as 1,000 balls in one afternoon, playing until her hands were so sore they had to be taped.” PeopleYearsSaidHandsWomenNaturalYears AgoGoldBallsPerseveranceAthleteBritishAll TimeChampionPhenomenonAfternoonEarnestAthleticTournamentsBabeGolfingThirteen Author:James Keller
“When you see athletes like me win gold medals, you only see the finished product, you dont see the real effort that the likes of Ron have put into making that product. Without the Ron Roddans of this world, you would have no sport.” WorldRealWinningSportsEffortThis WorldProductsGoldAthleteFinishedLikesLike MeMedalGold Medals Author:Linford Christie
“As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.” IdeasMotivationalWinningCareersCircumstancesLuckyGoldAthleteTeenagerNo IdeaMedalAthleticGold Medals Author:Peter Snell
“I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent less, I would have won. I was training like a crazy person. There was a lack of self-confidence and a lack of maturity. An athlete does not only train with his body. He trains with his mind.” IfsMindPersonsDoeSelfBodyWantedToo MuchCrazyTrainingGoldPressureTrainAthleteSelf ConfidenceMaturityCentsMedalGold MedalsCrazy PersonLack Of Self Confidence Author:Hicham El Guerrouj
“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.” IfsWantTryingWellsMightWinningSportsProveGoldAthleteCarrieOlympicsYardsThrillCompetingMedalGold Medals Author:Jesse Owens
“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.” WorldHonorAchievementGoldAthleteTitlesOlympicsMedalGold MedalsOlympic GamesGreatest AchievementOlympic AthleteOlympics GamesOlympic Medals Author:Jeff Fenech