#medals

For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#bed #beneath #bread #five #i

You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#am #diction #i #i am #know

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#games #i #image #like #looked

They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody. ↗

— Michael Johnson

#everybody #give #gold #gold medals #medals

It was never about winning medals or being famous. ↗

— Nancy Kerrigan

#being #being famous #famous #medals #never

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. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#away #could #ever #feeling #gold

The dynamic has really changed in the U.S. Americans believe they can be competitive, that they can win medals. ↗

— Alberto Salazar

#changed #competitive #dynamic #medals #really

Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#comes #demand #eager #female #medals

Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at. ↗

— Eric Shanteau

#been #competition #every #i #just

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. ↗

— Kyle Shewfelt

#conducted #feel #forward #hard #hard work