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“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.”

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Author:Gagan Narang

“I've always dreamed of an Olympic medal.”

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Author:Keeth Smart

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

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Author:Esther Williams

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

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Author:Ashley Wagner

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

“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.”

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Author:Matt Lindland

“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.”

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Author:Mark Zupan

“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.”

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Author:Dan O'Brien

“The only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.”

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Book:Letters to a Young Gymnast

Source: Letters to a Young Gymnast

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

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Author:Venus Williams

“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.”

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Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin

“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.”

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Author:Gabby Douglas

“It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.”

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Author:Dan O'Brien

“A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.”

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

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Author:Jesse Owens

“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.”

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Author:Michael Phelps

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

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Author:Paula Radcliffe

“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.”

“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.”

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Book:Wilma

Source: Wilma

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

“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.”

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Book:Catch-22: A Novel

Source: Catch-22: A Novel

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

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Author:Muhammad Ali

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

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

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Author:Bruce Jenner

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

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Author:Carl Lewis

“Never put an age limit on your dreams.”

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

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Author:Florence Griffith Joyner

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

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Author:Peggy Fleming

“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.”

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Author:Charles Barkley

“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.”

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Author:Nadia Comaneci

“I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of trainers instead.”

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Author:Erick Barrondo

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

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Author:Shaun White

“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.”

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Author:Raelene Boyle

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

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Author:Gabby Douglas

“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.”

“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.”

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Author:Kieren Perkins

“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.”

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Author:Jeff Fenech

“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.”

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Author:Mitch Gaylord

“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.”

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Book:The Olympians: A Quest for Gold: Triumphs, Heroes & Legends

Source: The Olympians: A Quest for Gold: Triumphs, Heroes & Legends

“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.”

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Author:Mary Lou Retton

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

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Author:Mary Lou Retton

“The potential for greatness lives within us all.”

“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.”

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Author:Paula Radcliffe

“The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.”

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Book:Jesse, a spiritual autobiography

Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography

“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.”

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Author:Allyson Felix

“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.”

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Author:Mary Decker

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