I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.
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DAN O'BRIEN Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winnin...
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ESTHER WILLIAMS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating ever...
MICHAEL JOHNSON I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.
KATIE TAYLOR I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an ...
DOROTHY HAMILL I have won all the medals that I can win over the 20 years, except for an Olympic gold. I won't miss...
WANG MANLI My parents are a big help, and they're always making sure I have a normal life and my life isn...
CAYDEN BOYD I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the ...
HOPE SOLO Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-...
DAN GABLE I don't know if it's probable, but it's possible. When you look back since the breakup of the Soviet...
SCOTT HAMILTON I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.
WENDY DAVIS I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I&...
SHARON STONE I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like...
SHAWN JOHNSON My mom always talks about how hard it was to grow up in a political family. It's always split up...
PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming...
CHRIS KLEIN Being outspoken about my faith isn't just something that I do; it's who I am because my fait...
TIM TEBOW Life isn't always really glamorous and fabulous. It's about encouraging people to go back to...
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DAVID MEZZAPELLE My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic go...
MICHAEL PHELPS Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
MALORIE BLACKMAN My life isn't necessarily more important than anyone else's: I'm just better in talking ...
ADAM DURITZ Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Real life? Well, I just hope mine isn't investigated. They might find that I don't really ex...
STEVEN WRIGHT It's always good to get a wake-up call and a reminder that you can't just go there and colle...
MARIT BJORGEN Life isn't always black and white. You're not always sure you're right. At least I'm...
BRAD PAISLEY The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invi...
JESSE OWENS I'm very happy about this gold medal. I heard it was a record. I know I have four (gold) medals at h...
CLAUDIA PECHSTEIN Gold medals are my goal, I'm just making my way.
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LINDSEY VONN This isn't the time for bravado, Mr. Orsini,' he said.
Brentford couldn't help himself. '...
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WILLIAM GOLDMAN I wanted Olympic gold for so long. I just can't believe it.
KATERINA NEUMANNOVA Like at home, I don't wear heels. But everywhere else I go, I wear heels.
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NASTIA LIUKIN I've missed being able to flip in the air, flip on the beam and swing on the bars.
NASTIA LIUKIN The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.
HARRY S TRUMAN I just think that fiction that isn't exploring what it means to be human today isn't art.
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ALEX MORGAN I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. W...
ERIC HEIDEN I don't care about the Guggenheim. The Guggenheim isn't involved in anything that I am inter...
CHUCK CLOSE I don't know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these peo...
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The n...
MANUEL PUIG And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympi...
OLGA KORBUT I'm excited about swimming the event because I won my first Olympic gold medal in the event,
IAN THORPE Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is w...
LINDSAY FOX My life isn't going to be about Jar Jar Binks.
AHMED BEST Isn't it ironic that a nightmare can masquerade as a dream?
KEN POIROT People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the me...
MIKAELA SHIFFRIN I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my d...
RUTH WILSON Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.
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JEREMY ABBOTT Playing is just about feeling. Playing isn't necessarily about misery. Playing isn't necessa...
JANIS JOPLIN I don't care about age very much. I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, a...
CHINUA ACHEBE I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium ...
LAURA TROTT Could you please be as silent as the G in lasagna?
ABOUT LIFE Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
ABOUT LIFE I always dream of being a millionaire like my uncle!... He's dreaming too.
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IDINA MENZEL Life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we...
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ADAM PINE I always have said that the most valuable thing I have isn't money; it's my time.
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FAITH EVANS Everyone here has always treated me like thier daughter. It doesn't matter who it is, and it was eve...
SHANNON MILLER My mentality has always been, If I'm not the best at something, then I might as well be the best...
GIGI HADID That's absolutely correct and in addition to that life just isn't an accident of the laws of...
ROBERT LANZA Winning isn't always championships.
MICHAEL JORDAN I'm going to move on and do other things. My life isn't going to be about Jar Jar Binks.
AHMED BEST There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.
BOBBY ORR Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what...
CATE CAMPBELL I'm treating it as an Olympic experience where for the most part we were going to beat teams, ... I ...
DAWN STALEY I've been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my bro...
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