Top 131 Gold Medal Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Gold Medal Quotes from famous people such as The Iron Sheik, Katie Taylor, Karen Carney, Ma Long, Sunisa Lee, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

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The Iron Sheik
It doesn’t matter who other people are saying the favourite is; I’m still going in to win the gold medal.
Katie Taylor
My first major championships was in 2005, which makes me feel ancient. I’m really proud of playing in all the tournaments, yet I can have all the caps in the world, but there’s no point if you don’t have a gold medal.
Karen Carney
This gold medal, to me, is a very good outcome from the many years I’ve spent on my professional career.
Ma Long
I’m just sorry I couldn’t come home with a second Olympic gold medal.
Katie Taylor
I didn’t even think that I could be competing for a gold medal; I was convinced I’d compete for a silver medal.
Sunisa Lee
The time frame is summer 1961, a year after the gold medal in the National Science Fair. I always saw my ‘Coalwood’ books as a trilogy. This book finishes the story of my life in Coalwood. I think it’s the best of the three.
Homer Hickam
‘Esquire Magazine’ just gave me ‘Father of the Year’. I’ll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that’s why they gave it to me.
Caitlyn Jenner
The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career.
David Rudisha
Yeah, that’s what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well.
Inge de Bruijn
I’d rather have one gold medal and 10 caps than 200 caps and no gold.
Karen Carney
‘Witches of East End’ is certainly wild, and so are a lot of other shows these days. But ‘Twin Peaks’ still holds the gold medal for strange. I think we’ll hang onto that for all of TV eternity!
Madchen Amick
I have learned from the first Olympics, of course. When I went to my first Olympic Games, I experienced all of the pressure and was able to win the gold medal. I try not to feel the pressure, and I try not to be nervous when I am on the ice and when I compete.
Kim Yuna
The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background.
George Foreman
For sure, 2010 was the best year I’ve ever had. It couldn’t have gone any better for me. Even if I just won the Olympic gold medal, that would have made it the best year of my career and the best day of my life, period. Winning the World Cup races and the overall title just topped it off.
Lindsey Vonn
The two things that are probably tied for first are winning a championship with the Mavericks and also being able to win a gold medal – two gold medals with Team USA.
Jason Kidd
When I was growing up, yearning with my pals to be a track star, one of our heroes was Bruce Jenner. He won a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics in the decathlon, and he adorned our Wheaties boxes. We all wanted to be Bruce Jenner.
Nicholas Kristof
I want to win a gold medal in London.
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn’t make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.
Dorothy Hamill
Winning a gold medal means you’re the best in the world at that time.
Michelle Carter
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
Teofilo Stevenson won his first Olympic gold medal in 1972 and his last world amateur championship in 1986. He won 302 fights and once went an unbelievable 11 years without a loss. Had Cuba not boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics, many think Stevenson would have won an unmatched four gold medals in boxing.
Brin-Jonathan Butler
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
I knew if I went home with the gold medal knowing that I could do better, I wasn’t going to be very satisfied.
Chloe Kim
As soon as we landed in Tokyo, that’s when I was like, OK. I really want to bring home a gold medal.’
Jessica Long
I had trouble finding my next goal after winning a gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics, but the interest of the public and my fans in me got even bigger. I wanted to get away from the pressure, even for a single day.
Kim Yuna
I’ve been dreaming of winning gold medal in the Olympics.
Kim Yuna
After getting a gold medal I could celebrate but also was trying to keep the emotions at bay.
Emma McKeon
Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I’d be lying if I said that’s not what I wanted.
Cate Campbell
As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.
Peter Snell
I wanted to win the gold medal and then go home and further my education in college. I had no intentions whatsoever to become a professional fighter because I had heard horror stories about former boxers who made money but, in the end, ended up with nothing. I didn’t want to be one of those guys.
Sugar Ray Leonard
I don't know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying

I don’t know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these people. I grew up there. You have no idea what they’re capable of doing. If Sidney Crosby hadn’t scored that goal to win the Olympic gold medal, there’s no telling what might have ensued.
Charles Krauthammer
Even though I’ve won numerous titles and an Olympic gold medal, there are still so many faults in my performance that I can honestly hardly bear to watch the videos back.
Victoria Pendleton
There was a lot of politics going on, and Ireland were denied an Olympic gold medal in 2008.
Tyson Fury
And I really felt like I would regret never accomplishing my goals on the beach, or missing special moments with my kids, more than I would miss winning a third gold medal.
Karch Kiraly
Winning that gold medal at the Olympics is something I’ll never forget.
Jarome Iginla
People say I should be running for a gold medal for the old red, white and blue and all that bull, but it’s not gonna be that way.
Steve Prefontaine
It has always been a dream to win either the Olympic gold medal or the World Cup.
Rudy Gobert
If it were easy, everybody would have a gold medal, but they don’t.
Karch Kiraly
The World University Games Gold medal was a great confidence booster for me. It highlighted my talents, my performance and dedication.
Dutee Chand
It would be nice to win a gold medal and then sit back and watch Mark win one, too.
Dave Schultz
I have some great memories from the Olympics I also have some tough memories from it as well, where I was so close to winning a gold medal.
Mardy Fish
I am a freestyle mogul skier who, on February 13, became the first American to win a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Hannah Kearney
From the time I started boxing, my dream was to win an Olympic gold medal. At 10, I can’t say I knew how big the Olympics are. I just knew that every kid in the gym wanted to win an Olympic gold medal. Every kid in every gym probably wants to win an Olympic gold medal.
Danny Garcia
I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
Cameron van der Burgh
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
I believe Indian hockey itself is going through a major phase of transformation. We set our sight on winning the gold medal at the Asian Games. We have achieved that.
P. R. Sreejesh
Winning the World Cup is definitely the highlight of my career. I thought the gold medal at the Olympics would peak it, but winning the World Cup, the reception… it’s what we all dreamed of when we were little.
Becky Sauerbrunn
Well, having a pint is not going to stop you from winning a gold medal, but for me the question was ‘is this going to help me win a gold medal?’ if the answer was no, I’d cut it.
Chris Hoy
Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
Venus Williams
For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it’s the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country’s flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.
Abby Wambach
I had no money, no training facilities, no snow, no ski jumps, no trainer, but I still managed to ski jump for my country – and getting there was my gold medal.
Eddie the Eagle
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medalist.’
Michael Phelps
When you’ve won a gold medal and you’re at the top of your sport, everyone’s trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.
Hannah Kearney
For so long I wanted to win the gold medal. Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.
Bryan Clay
Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.
Cathy Rigby
We surprised ourselves in ’84 when we thought we could win a major tournament but hadn’t yet until we won the gold medal.
Karch Kiraly
I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done.
Michael Johnson
My first gold medal, at my first Olympics, is kind of a surprise to me. I never thought I would be in this position, but I’m so blessed and honored to be on the medal stand.
Simone Manuel