I think it's fantastic that the world's greatest marathon runner, the world record holder, has finally got a championship gold medal. No one deserves it more than she does. No one is tougher or harder than Paula and she fully deserves that gold medal. It's been a long time coming but well worth waiting for.
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Related It was great. That's the biggest cheer I put out the whole time I've been here. Seeing her win the g... JUSTIN GATLIN It was great. That's the biggest cheer I put out the whole time I've been here. Seeing her win the g... JUSTIN GATLIN An Olympic medal is much better than a world record, and so is a world championship or Commonwealth ... CHAD LE CLOS She deserves / More worlds than I can lose. JOHN DRYDEN I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal. CAMERON VAN DER BURGH I'm a comeback waiting to happen. No one deserves it more than I do. SEAN YOUNG No matter what, like, I couldn't - I could break a world record, get an Olympic gold medal, and ... RYAN LOCHTE Knowing that I've already got one gold medal at home helps a bit with the entire situation. Skiing i... FRITZ STROBL It (the gold medal) is the most precious medal I've got WU MINXIA The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and w... DAVID RUDISHA If I can run a four-minute mile, I'd win a gold medal because no one has ever done it before. CORY MCGEE For me, having a medal from the Olympics is great. If I never play again for the Czech team, I have ... TOMAS VOKOUN It was so close to the gold medal. I don't feel I lost a gold medal. To me, I won a bronze medal. ANNI FRIESINGER It feels fantastic -- I can't believe it. I didn't even expect to win one gold medal so I'm overwhel... CAITLIN MCCLATCHEY I think we have a good shot at worlds. The door is opened a little bit further for us to challenge f... TANITH BELBIN It was one of the greatest days of my life to be there in the stadium and to win that gold medal. CHANTAL PETITCLERC In the Olympics, everything goes back to square one. The world champion or the world record holder o... CESAR CIELO If you bake a cupcake, the world has one more cupcake. If you become a circus clown, the world has o... STEVEN E. LANDSBURG No one deserves it better than David. He was a great player when we had him. We're glad he's doing w... MICHAEL FRANKE Old people deserves a medal, a medal of existence which crowns their long-term victory against the c... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medal... MICHAEL PHELPS To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him,... SEBASTIAN COE 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 I think I brought it on myself. I guaranteed a gold medal (before the Olympics). I'm not doing that ... CARMELO ANTHONY This is a bitter adventure, if it must end so; and not a mountain of gold can amend it. Yet I am gla... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The two things that are probably tied for first are winning a championship with the Mavericks and al... JASON KIDD But what's worth more than gold?" "Practically everything. You, for example. Gold is heav... TERRY PRATCHETT It's the Olympics. And it was a long way for me. To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of a... ADELINA SOTNIKOVA My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic go... MICHAEL PHELPS My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that ... BETTY CUTHBERT We have been waiting for this medal for a long time. HAN XIAOPENG World records are there to be broken. I see the ultimate as the Olympic gold medal and I have got th... JODIE HENRY Any medal would be good. A big gold one even better. SHAUN WHITE ...is to win the Olympic gold medal this year, that's for sure the biggest one. HAYLEY WICKENHEISER Dennis works his butt off. There's no one that deserves the title more than him. BOB BERCEAU We just wanted to win a medal for Kenya, and hopefully a gold one. The plans went very well, althoug... BENJAMIN LIMO She actually deserves a medal for taking care of me all these years. But these are military citation... BUD THURMAN If I win the gold I might say nothing and just wander past him, hopefully with some kind of medal - ... BEN AINSLIE Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite... DAN O'BRIEN Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite... DAN O'BRIEN I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to sta... SIDNEY CROSBY I've won a world championship, I know how that feels. I don't know how it feels to win a gol... ARIANE FORTIN To get a medal in a world record race is just fantastic. KIRSTY BALFOUR Emily is a wonderful athlete. She competed well here. She also competed well at junior worlds. Miche... BOB HOREN I simply am the lucky man who got this gold medal here. 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EDGAR WATSON HOWE No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves. E. W. HOWE Everyone is getting prepared for this, to win the gold medal. I am among them: I want to win the med... GENZEBE DIBABA We flirted with a gold medal. GEORG HETTICH My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold med... BETTY CUTHBERT He says his gold medal glows, and his silver medal sparkles. GEORGE BABICZ The gold medal is his to lose. JOHNNY WEIR It is a special day for us with our first Olympic gold medal. FELIX GOTTWALD Growing up, you always dream of winning a gold medal. But coming into these Games, it wasn't somethi... CINDY KLASSEN She could've played this match, and wanted to play, but we need her to be as close to 100 per cent a... JAN STIRLING I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would be ... 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DOUG HARRISON As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic ca... PETER SNELL The medal is the icing on the cake. The real medal is becoming a Canadian citizen, getting the oppor... LASCELLES BROWN Just like freedom, Truth is not cheap. Yet both are worth more than all the gold in the world. But w... SUZY KASSEM This medal is like gold to me. ALEXEI TIKHONOV I wish her every success in boxing because no one has worked harder to make it than she has. JEFF FENECH Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics. MANDY BUJOLD It was true: the other mother loved her. But she loved Coraline as a miser loves money, or a dragon ... NEIL GAIMAN It was true: the other mother loved her. But she loved Coraline as a miser loves money, or a dragon ... NEIL GAIMAN He's proved he deserves it over the years. There's no one better than him. DANNY BROWN If there is anyone that deserves a good season, it's Meredith. 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