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It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel d...
DAN O'BRIEN It (the gold medal) is the most precious medal I've got
WU MINXIA I'm angry to answer such questions. I won a gold medal today, and I have to answer these questions.
FELIX GOTTWALD This medal is like gold to me.
ALEXEI TIKHONOV Everyone is getting prepared for this, to win the gold medal. I am among them: I want to win the med...
GENZEBE DIBABA I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
CAMERON VAN DER BURGH 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 He says his gold medal glows, and his silver medal sparkles.
GEORGE BABICZ 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 flirted with a gold medal.
GEORG HETTICH I'm excited about swimming the event because I won my first Olympic gold medal in the event,
IAN THORPE![]()
It's his gold medal to lose.
JOHNNY WEIR![]()
The gold medal is his to lose.
JOHNNY WEIR For so long I wanted to win the gold medal. Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivat...
BRYAN CLAY It feels fantastic -- I can't believe it. I didn't even expect to win one gold medal so I'm overwhel...
CAITLIN MCCLATCHEY The medal is the icing on the cake. The real medal is becoming a Canadian citizen, getting the oppor...
LASCELLES BROWN I've won a world championship, I know how that feels. I don't know how it feels to win a gol...
ARIANE FORTIN I never won a World Cup competition. I won jumping, but never won the whole competition. This mornin...
GEORG HETTICH![]()
I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.
LAURA WILKINSON I have my own coach, I don't need a coach like Walter Mayer. I'm angry to answer such questions beca...
FELIX GOTTWALD We'd already put his name next to a gold medal.
GIDEON SAM I haven't let the gold medal out of my sight; it sleeps next to me in bed.
MAGDALENA NEUNER My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold med...
BETTY CUTHBERT For me, having a medal from the Olympics is great. If I never play again for the Czech team, I have ...
TOMAS VOKOUN I simply am the lucky man who got this gold medal here.
ARMIN ZOEGGELER![]()
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal i...
DEBI THOMAS He's a nice guy. He's a great player. I hope he wins a gold medal.
ILYA BRYZGALOV It was good for me to get that goal and get some confidence. I can carry that confidence into the go...
ANDREW COGLIANO![]()
This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It ...
MICHAEL PHELPS It's very nice to have two silver medals. Yesterday morning after breakfast I had to return my bronz...
MARTINA GLAGOW![]()
I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.
KATIE TAYLOR This gold medal, to me, is a very good outcome from the many years I've spent on my professional...
MA LONG Certainly Jana was extremely disappointed for the England girls and would have preferred to have won...
CHRIS RAWLINSON I think I brought it on myself. I guaranteed a gold medal (before the Olympics). I'm not doing that ...
CARMELO ANTHONY I was not very happy after the disaster that happened to Olga. The bronze medal that was shifted to ...
ALBINA AKHATOVA Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.
REBECCA LOBO![]()
Any medal would be good. A big gold one even better.
SHAUN WHITE He was very happy for me because Korea won the gold medal after the unfortunate incident in Salt Lak...
AHN SOO He was very happy for me because Korea won the gold medal after the unfortunate incident in Salt Lak...
AHN HYUN SOO I expected a bronze medal, maybe. When I saw I was second I was very surprised, very happy.
MARLIES SCHILD It is a special day for us with our first Olympic gold medal.
FELIX GOTTWALD![]()
worn in gold medal game against Brazil 2-1.
ABBY WAMBACH It's the Olympics. And it was a long way for me. To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of a...
ADELINA SOTNIKOVA I always thought my Olympic bronze medal was the highlight of my career,
IVAN LJUBICIC I'm extremely happy that I could win the gold medal. It's a special moment in my career.
MA LONG Once your program can say, 'gold medal program,' it attracts kids.
JAY HAKKINEN The gold medal was icing on the cake, ... but the cake was real rotten!
CHRIS CAMERON If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a unive...
DANIEL CORMIER He didn't win the Stanley Cup, but I hope he wins a gold medal in the Olympic Games.
ILYA BRYZGALOV We just wanted to win a medal for Kenya, and hopefully a gold one. The plans went very well, althoug...
BENJAMIN LIMO Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
SALLY PEARSON I don't see [our women's team] being happy with anything short of the OUA gold medal.
JENN SWANN![]()
I think about winning the Olympic gold medal a couple of times every day. Oh, it would be so nice to...
SASHA COHEN![]()
Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
CARLI LLOYD![]()
Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.
CATHY RIGBY![]()
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic go...
MICHAEL PHELPS My lip will hurt but the gold medal is there forever.
ROB HAMMOND![]()
If I could bronze my love, it’d be worthy of a silver medal.
DARK JAR TIN ZOO If I can run a four-minute mile, I'd win a gold medal because no one has ever done it before.
CORY MCGEE![]()
Even though I've won numerous titles and an Olympic gold medal, there are still so many faults i...
VICTORIA PENDLETON After I got my gold medal, I thought, 'This isn't just me. It belongs to my team, my friends...
ALEX MORGAN![]()
If I win the gold medal, I will be set for the rest of my life. The medal itself doesn't give yo...
CAITLYN JENNER World records are there to be broken. I see the ultimate as the Olympic gold medal and I have got th...
JODIE HENRY We wanted to get to the gold-medal game. We're there and now we're going to prepare and do everythin...
CASSIE CAMPBELL![]()
When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to b...
HANNAH KEARNEY![]()
To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him,...
SEBASTIAN COE I think our ladies will do well, and our men will be lucky to get a medal. I think we have a good da...
BILL FAUVER I really want to win a medal and would want to win gold. It's my fire and fuel, life and dream, ...
CAROLINE BUCHANAN 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 I'm not disappointed with bronze. It's always good to come away with a medal.
BRYAN VOLPENHEIN![]()
If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of...
MICHAEL PHELPS![]()
It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where...
HOPE SOLO I wasn't expecting this. I'm finding it hard to find words. I couldn't think at all with that gold m...
SHIZUKA ARAKAWA I felt I would have the bronze medal. I felt the Korean team did something.
WANG MENG I am pleased I went from fourth back into a medal position, but bronze is not good enough for me.
GREG RUTHERFORD To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person righ...
JORDYN WIEBER![]()
I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold meda...
MICHAEL JOHNSON Usually I have a problem with my skis or with my mind. My biggest wish was to get the gold medal in ...
KRISTINA SMIGUN I don't know what I'll do with my gold medal. Maybe I'll staple it to a wall. Is that a good thing t...
HANNAH TETER![]()
There was a lot of politics going on, and Ireland were denied an Olympic gold medal in 2008.
TYSON FURY![]()
I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an ...
DOROTHY HAMILL![]()
I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.
CAITLYN JENNER![]()
Once you're physically capable of winning a gold medal, the rest is ninety percent mental.
PATTI JOHNSON An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honour that can be received by an athlete. I would ...
JEFF FENECH It's going to boil down to who lets him run track. He asked me once if anybody has ever won the Heis...
RON PEARSON It's hard to know what to feel. As a kid you dream about Olympics, Olympics, your whole life. Now th...
JAMIE KORAB![]()
I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to sta...
SIDNEY CROSBY ...is to win the Olympic gold medal this year, that's for sure the biggest one.
HAYLEY WICKENHEISER![]()
I am a freestyle mogul skier who, on February 13, became the first American to win a gold medal at t...
HANNAH KEARNEY I'm very proud of this gold medal. My son was born on Monday, and it is obvious that I will name him...
BENJAMIN LIMO We were sure of this dance and we hope to compete for the gold medal.
ROMAN KOSTOMAROV I am so proud of this team and to be in the gold medal game. This team has a big heart. We played ou...
MARIA ROOTH Knowing that I've already got one gold medal at home helps a bit with the entire situation. Skiing i...
FRITZ STROBL Defintely gymnastics, because I was a gymnast for 11 years. That's my thing. My girlfriend Betty Oki...
JAIME PRESSLY![]()
I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and f...
BONNIE BLAIR![]()
I had the pleasure of competing at the Olympic Games and at Wimbledon and was fortunate enough to wi...
BORIS BECKER It's great to win a bronze medal, but I just want to focus on the next races coming up.
CINDY KLASSEN![]()
I think every fight is a tough fight, but I'm not settling for a bronze medal.
KATIE TAYLOR To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a tabl...
MA LONG It was one of the greatest days of my life to be there in the stadium and to win that gold medal.
CHANTAL PETITCLERC
DAN O'BRIEN It (the gold medal) is the most precious medal I've got
WU MINXIA I'm angry to answer such questions. I won a gold medal today, and I have to answer these questions.
FELIX GOTTWALD This medal is like gold to me.
ALEXEI TIKHONOV Everyone is getting prepared for this, to win the gold medal. I am among them: I want to win the med...
GENZEBE DIBABA I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
CAMERON VAN DER BURGH 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 He says his gold medal glows, and his silver medal sparkles.
GEORGE BABICZ 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 flirted with a gold medal.
GEORG HETTICH I'm excited about swimming the event because I won my first Olympic gold medal in the event,
IAN THORPE
It's his gold medal to lose. JOHNNY WEIR
The gold medal is his to lose. JOHNNY WEIR For so long I wanted to win the gold medal. Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivat...
BRYAN CLAY It feels fantastic -- I can't believe it. I didn't even expect to win one gold medal so I'm overwhel...
CAITLIN MCCLATCHEY The medal is the icing on the cake. The real medal is becoming a Canadian citizen, getting the oppor...
LASCELLES BROWN I've won a world championship, I know how that feels. I don't know how it feels to win a gol...
ARIANE FORTIN I never won a World Cup competition. I won jumping, but never won the whole competition. This mornin...
GEORG HETTICH
I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal. LAURA WILKINSON I have my own coach, I don't need a coach like Walter Mayer. I'm angry to answer such questions beca...
FELIX GOTTWALD We'd already put his name next to a gold medal.
GIDEON SAM I haven't let the gold medal out of my sight; it sleeps next to me in bed.
MAGDALENA NEUNER My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold med...
BETTY CUTHBERT For me, having a medal from the Olympics is great. If I never play again for the Czech team, I have ...
TOMAS VOKOUN I simply am the lucky man who got this gold medal here.
ARMIN ZOEGGELER
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal i... DEBI THOMAS He's a nice guy. He's a great player. I hope he wins a gold medal.
ILYA BRYZGALOV It was good for me to get that goal and get some confidence. I can carry that confidence into the go...
ANDREW COGLIANO
This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It ... MICHAEL PHELPS It's very nice to have two silver medals. Yesterday morning after breakfast I had to return my bronz...
MARTINA GLAGOW
I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal. KATIE TAYLOR This gold medal, to me, is a very good outcome from the many years I've spent on my professional...
MA LONG Certainly Jana was extremely disappointed for the England girls and would have preferred to have won...
CHRIS RAWLINSON I think I brought it on myself. I guaranteed a gold medal (before the Olympics). I'm not doing that ...
CARMELO ANTHONY I was not very happy after the disaster that happened to Olga. The bronze medal that was shifted to ...
ALBINA AKHATOVA Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.
REBECCA LOBO
Any medal would be good. A big gold one even better. SHAUN WHITE He was very happy for me because Korea won the gold medal after the unfortunate incident in Salt Lak...
AHN SOO He was very happy for me because Korea won the gold medal after the unfortunate incident in Salt Lak...
AHN HYUN SOO I expected a bronze medal, maybe. When I saw I was second I was very surprised, very happy.
MARLIES SCHILD It is a special day for us with our first Olympic gold medal.
FELIX GOTTWALD
worn in gold medal game against Brazil 2-1. ABBY WAMBACH It's the Olympics. And it was a long way for me. To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of a...
ADELINA SOTNIKOVA I always thought my Olympic bronze medal was the highlight of my career,
IVAN LJUBICIC I'm extremely happy that I could win the gold medal. It's a special moment in my career.
MA LONG Once your program can say, 'gold medal program,' it attracts kids.
JAY HAKKINEN The gold medal was icing on the cake, ... but the cake was real rotten!
CHRIS CAMERON If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a unive...
DANIEL CORMIER He didn't win the Stanley Cup, but I hope he wins a gold medal in the Olympic Games.
ILYA BRYZGALOV We just wanted to win a medal for Kenya, and hopefully a gold one. The plans went very well, althoug...
BENJAMIN LIMO Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
SALLY PEARSON I don't see [our women's team] being happy with anything short of the OUA gold medal.
JENN SWANN
I think about winning the Olympic gold medal a couple of times every day. Oh, it would be so nice to... SASHA COHEN
Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal. CARLI LLOYD
Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes. CATHY RIGBY
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic go... MICHAEL PHELPS My lip will hurt but the gold medal is there forever.
ROB HAMMOND
If I could bronze my love, it’d be worthy of a silver medal.
DARK JAR TIN ZOO If I can run a four-minute mile, I'd win a gold medal because no one has ever done it before.
CORY MCGEE
Even though I've won numerous titles and an Olympic gold medal, there are still so many faults i... VICTORIA PENDLETON After I got my gold medal, I thought, 'This isn't just me. It belongs to my team, my friends...
ALEX MORGAN
If I win the gold medal, I will be set for the rest of my life. The medal itself doesn't give yo... CAITLYN JENNER World records are there to be broken. I see the ultimate as the Olympic gold medal and I have got th...
JODIE HENRY We wanted to get to the gold-medal game. We're there and now we're going to prepare and do everythin...
CASSIE CAMPBELL
When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to b... HANNAH KEARNEY
To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him,... SEBASTIAN COE I think our ladies will do well, and our men will be lucky to get a medal. I think we have a good da...
BILL FAUVER I really want to win a medal and would want to win gold. It's my fire and fuel, life and dream, ...
CAROLINE BUCHANAN 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 I'm not disappointed with bronze. It's always good to come away with a medal.
BRYAN VOLPENHEIN
If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of... MICHAEL PHELPS
It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where... HOPE SOLO I wasn't expecting this. I'm finding it hard to find words. I couldn't think at all with that gold m...
SHIZUKA ARAKAWA I felt I would have the bronze medal. I felt the Korean team did something.
WANG MENG I am pleased I went from fourth back into a medal position, but bronze is not good enough for me.
GREG RUTHERFORD To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person righ...
JORDYN WIEBER
I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold meda... MICHAEL JOHNSON Usually I have a problem with my skis or with my mind. My biggest wish was to get the gold medal in ...
KRISTINA SMIGUN I don't know what I'll do with my gold medal. Maybe I'll staple it to a wall. Is that a good thing t...
HANNAH TETER
There was a lot of politics going on, and Ireland were denied an Olympic gold medal in 2008. TYSON FURY
I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an ... DOROTHY HAMILL
I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another. CAITLYN JENNER
Once you're physically capable of winning a gold medal, the rest is ninety percent mental. PATTI JOHNSON An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honour that can be received by an athlete. I would ...
JEFF FENECH It's going to boil down to who lets him run track. He asked me once if anybody has ever won the Heis...
RON PEARSON It's hard to know what to feel. As a kid you dream about Olympics, Olympics, your whole life. Now th...
JAMIE KORAB
I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to sta... SIDNEY CROSBY ...is to win the Olympic gold medal this year, that's for sure the biggest one.
HAYLEY WICKENHEISER
I am a freestyle mogul skier who, on February 13, became the first American to win a gold medal at t... HANNAH KEARNEY I'm very proud of this gold medal. My son was born on Monday, and it is obvious that I will name him...
BENJAMIN LIMO We were sure of this dance and we hope to compete for the gold medal.
ROMAN KOSTOMAROV I am so proud of this team and to be in the gold medal game. This team has a big heart. We played ou...
MARIA ROOTH Knowing that I've already got one gold medal at home helps a bit with the entire situation. Skiing i...
FRITZ STROBL Defintely gymnastics, because I was a gymnast for 11 years. That's my thing. My girlfriend Betty Oki...
JAIME PRESSLY
I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and f... BONNIE BLAIR
I had the pleasure of competing at the Olympic Games and at Wimbledon and was fortunate enough to wi... BORIS BECKER It's great to win a bronze medal, but I just want to focus on the next races coming up.
CINDY KLASSEN
I think every fight is a tough fight, but I'm not settling for a bronze medal. KATIE TAYLOR To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a tabl...
MA LONG It was one of the greatest days of my life to be there in the stadium and to win that gold medal.
CHANTAL PETITCLERC
