“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.” ThinkingWorldHardFiveBrotherTrainingGoldTrainIncludingChampionMy BrotherMedalAcademyGold MedalsHoustonWorld ChampionsBest Of The BestTaekwondo Author:Diana Lopez
“Joe Frazier's life didn't start with Ali. I was a Golden Gloves champ. Gold medal in Tokyo '64. Heavyweight champion of the world long before I fought Ali in the Garden.” WorldLongGardenGoldGoldenChampionMedalGlovesGold MedalsTokyoHeavyweights Author:Joe Frazier
“People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. There was no television, no big advertising, no endorsements then. Not for a black man, anyway.” PeopleMenBigsRunningSportsBlackFourTelevisionGoldHorseAdvertisingAfrican AmericanChampionBlack PeopleMedalEntertainersAthleticsGold MedalsDegradingTrack And FieldEndorsements Author:Jesse Owens
“When she (my mother) passed away, I kind of understood the commitment that she made to make sure that I could stay in skating. And I wanted to live up to whatever I could. Not so much win everything, but just to be the best that I could possibly be, to honor her memory and everything she went through to make sure that I was given the opportunities to be the best that I can be. Not to be a world champion or an Olympic gold medalist, but to be the best that I could be. And that was the most important thing that ever happened in my career.” WorldKindMadeI CanImportantWantedMotherOpportunityWinningGivenMemoriesCareersHappenedHonorUnderstoodCommitmentGoldImportant ThingsChampionBeing The BestSkatingPassed AwayWorld ChampionsMother Passed Away Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“I won the Olympic gold medal in Rome, Italy. Olympic champion. The Russian standing right here, and the Pole right here.” StandingGoldChampionRomeMedalGold Medals Author:Muhammad Ali
“I felt like a racehorse in a world without racetracks or a champion college footballer suddenly confronted by Wall Street and a business suit, his days of glory shrunk to a little gold cup on his mantel with a date engraved on it like the date on a tombstone.” WorldLittlesFeltStreetsCollegeWallGloryGoldSuitsCupsChampionFootballerTombstoneEngravedRacehorses Book:the bell jar Source: the bell jar
“In the history of each sport, the heroes who win the Olympic gold medal are the ones we remember. Nobody remembers the World Champion 25 years ago, but everyone remembers who the Olympic Champions were, even 100 years ago.” WorldYearsRememberWinningSportsHeroYears AgoGoldChampionMedalGymnasticsGold MedalsWorld Champions Author:Lavinia Milosovici
“It is particularly odd that economists who profess to be champions of a free-market economy, should go to such twists and turns to avoid facing the plain fact: that gold, that scarce and valuable market-produced metal, has always been, and will continue to be, by far the best money for human society.” ShouldHumansFactsTurnsEconomyEconomicsGoldValuableOddChampionMetalsEconomistTwistsFree MarketScarceHuman SocietyMarket EconomyBest MoneyTwists And Turns Author:Murray Rothbard
“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
“I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on that blue line and hear your national anthem play and being a gold medal champion, you dream of that. And then to be able to accomplish that and actually win a gold medal and represent your country its an amazing feeling.” ThinkingMindCountryPlayFeelingsDreamAbleWinningLinesPlayerGoldBlueAccomplishChampionHockeyMedalGold MedalsAnthemHockey PlayerNational AnthemPlaying HockeySinging The National Anthem Author:Sidney Crosby