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«After about 25 medals, you run out of shoulder to put them on.»
Author: Col George Day | Keywords: medals, run out, shoulder
«God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars»
«The medals don't mean anything and the glory doesn't last. It's all about your happiness. The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.»
Author: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Athlete) | Keywords: medals, performing, rewards, sport| Occasions: Olympic
«Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.»
«Everyone here has always treated me like thier daughter. It doesn't matter who it is, and it was even before I won Olympic medals, it was, you know, when I was growing up, they knew I had a goal, they knew I had a dream, and they were willing to help me in any way possible.»
Author: Shannon Miller (gymnast) | Keywords: medals, Olympic
«Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.»
«When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God why was I here? what was my purpose? Surely, it wasn't just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.»
«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.»