I salute the National Book Foundation Board, who took a huge risk in giving this award to a man many people see as a rich hack. (from his acceptance speech for the National Book Foundation`s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, 2003)
Stephen King
How they got Gary Cooper to do that one! To me, at least, it simply degrades the Medal of Honor. The whole story makes a mockery of America`s highest award for valor. The whole premise of the story was wrong, illogical, because they don`t pick the type of...
John Wayne
I won a gold medal representing the USA at the olympic games in 1960, but when I came home I still got treated like a nigger. There were restaurants I couldn`t get served in. Some people kept calling me `boy`.
Muhammad Ali
Definitely gymnastics, because I was a gymnast for 11 years. That`s my thing. My girlfriend Betty Okino was in the 1992 Olympics and won a bronze medal. She`s a gymnast. So I`m a huge fan. - On her favorite event in the Olympics.
Jaime Pressly
You want to come home from a tournament with a winner`s medal. That`s not the fans or the media putting us under pressure, that`s the pressure we put ourselves under.
Rio Ferdinand
Yesterday? We flushed yesterday. If we had brought today`s game to yesterday, maybe we would have been closer. But we can`t change yesterday. We came here to win the gold. Everybody does. We didn`t play as good as we could to get to the gold-medal game, b...
Anthony Ciraky
Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.
Frank Shorter
Winning this medal was something I didn`t even dream about a year ago. The enormity of it all probably won`t sink it until the end of the season.
Arts Theatre
Winning the gold medal at the World Juniors was an unbelievable experience. We had great leadership, we performed well and came home with the gold. It was awesome.
Anna Bjorlin
When you`re expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you`re the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.
Scott Hamilton
When I saw her jumping so well I was cheering her on, too. Back in the village, I told her if she kept with it, she could win a medal. I`m so proud of her, that really motivated me.
Barbara Arnwine
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
We?re not looking that far ahead. Our first goal is to win each game. The second goal is to get into the medal round and just let it fly.
Barbara Cummings
We thought basically, if I medal, we will think about it. After I won, (Baylor) coach (Clyde) Hart and I sat down and we both agreed that there is nothing else in college for me to do.
Andy Kelly
We need to come back tomorrow and put two good runs together. This is bobsled, so anything can happen. I`m really psyched for Shauna and Val. As long as one of us gets a medal, I`ll be happy.
Arna Bontemps
We just sat and didn`t talk about hockey. It`s a whirlwind of emotions, but we have two days to regroup and still play for a medal. If anything, there`s an extra fire to come out strong.
Julie Chu
Usually I have a problem with my skis or with my mind. My biggest wish was to get the gold medal in the 10K classical. I got it. It`s mine!
Asako Miyata
To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.
Andrea Kottler
To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.
Andrea Kottler
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
The score may not show it, but it was a tough game. This is why we came, to get to the medal round. But there`s only one color medal we want. Now we`ve taken the next step toward it.
Cassie Campbell
The score may not show it, but it was a tough game. This is why we came, to get to the medal round. But there`s only one color medal we want. Now we`ve taken the next step toward it.
Cassie Campbell
Surprisingly enough, I haven`t had a letter from Amateur Boxing Scotland bosses offering their congratulations for my Melbourne medal win.
Kenny Anderson
I salute the National Book Foundation Board, who took a huge risk in giving this award to a man many people see as a rich hack. (from his acceptance speech for the National Book Foundation`s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, 2003)
Stephen King
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