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They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody.
At the end of a career you're desperate more than ever for medals, grabbing as much as you can as you go.
Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions.
Put me there on the pitch if you want to see how much it means to me or how hungry I am to win more medals.
I want to thank the public, so I have to keep doing what I do, which is keep winning medals for my country.
I feel, at the national level, shooters should get monetary rewards also, along with medals and a handshake.
From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing.
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.
The dynamic has really changed in the U.S. Americans believe they can be competitive, that they can win medals.
I wasn't put here to win gold medals or national championships. I've been placed here to be a light for Christ.
That's what everybody remembers. They don't remember how many medals I won in my career. They remember the 10s.
It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.
I am not running after gold medals; I am running after time. And once I get that, gold medals will run after me.
Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.
I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad.
Going for titles and medals - who wouldn't want that? Trust me, it's a much nicer feeling than fighting relegation.
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
Players judge their careers based on medals and trophies, don't they, and they look back on what they have achieved.
Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.
We have won laurels for the country in wrestling but still, in spite of winning medals, not many people recognised us.
I don't think you sit there as a young boy thinking you want a full set of medals, you just want to achieve something.
To be one of the first British females to get three gold medals, to join Laura Trott in doing that, is a huge privilege.
As someone who went to school in the '70s and '80s, I can't say that I noticed much of a 'medals for all' culture myself.
It's not always about gold medals, I think. It has to be about development, and we are missing that in U.K. at the moment.
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.
We have regularly won medals at all tournaments and I think after 'Dangal,' the craze for wrestling increased among the girls.
My big objective this season is to win three gold medals at the Olympics, in the road race, the time trial and the points race.
We knew James Harden was good. You don't get named to All-Star games and win Olympic gold medals when you play like Darko Milicic.
Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken.
Honestly, it's not the medals that I feel so proud of. It's the way I conducted myself as an athlete, the hard work that I put forward.
When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.
I wore No. 24 at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada - one bib on the back and one on the front - and those are like my medals.
We all know that we Africans just win medals in middle and long distance, and walking in their footsteps makes me feel proud, you know.
It's not me standing on the podium with medals. It's me being able to walk out with a smile on my face and truly being happy with myself.
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.
One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by.
It's not about the gold medals or the trophies or the money. It's about the people that you cherish and can share incredible moments with.
Brazil doesn't get a lot of gold medals, so whenever I get a chance, everybody expects me to win, and to get second is a big disappointment.
We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be.
I used to watch Babita and Vinesh win medals. I was happy for my sisters but at the same time I felt bad for not being a part of the contingent.
Medals are decided by hundredths of a second, so I need assurance that my vision is perfect every time I compete, no matter what the conditions.
It was a true honor to have represented my country at my first Paralympic Winter Games and proud to bring home gold and silver medals for the U.S.
To be looked up to as one of the Americans that's supposed to carry the torch, go to the major championships and get medals, that's a huge honour.
I'm a guy who wins medals rather than runs fast times, so for me, what keeps me going is winning medals for my country and making my nation proud.
Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl.
As an athlete, my first Olympic experience was Sydney 2000. I remember seeing people getting medals, and I thought, 'Wow, that's where I want to be.'
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.
In college, I was an education major and qualified for several jobs. But the fame that came with the Olympic medals was too threatening to many people.
I'll relish playing at Wembley in a major cup final. It's a great achievement for me, and it's why I became a footballer, because I want to win medals.