#gold medal

Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

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Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset of all time in any sport that I can think of. ↗

— Jim McKay

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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. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

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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 different. I felt the same. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

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

— Dan O'Brien

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Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

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Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching. ↗

— Mark Spitz

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