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Quotes About Medal

Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany with a victory. I had nothing to do with the Nazis, but they would have given me a medal. After the war I might have been considered a war criminal.
~ Max Schmeling
strawberries. The girl his daughter might have spoken of on occasion. The girl who five years ago stood huddled with her mother and sister, as he presented her, the oldest child, with a medal
~ Suzanne Collins
To be part of something special, to be an Olympian and have the chance to win a medal - it's an amazing feeling.
~ Sonny Bill Williams
I was telling somebody the other day that I have had five semi-finals with South Africa and never got to a final. I got to one final with Pakistan and eventually got a medal!
~ Mickey Arthur
Late night, and like a medal in the sky The harvest moon was beaming down, And, like a river, the solemnity Of night arranged on the sleeping town. - Confession
~ Charles Baudelaire
Rome rankles. It will always. I missed a certain medal.
~ Milkha Singh
I have a world championship medal from 2014, but I can't find it. So I'm missing one. I think it's at my sister's house. I have to find it.
~ Claressa Shields
Fear of failure is an insidious thing. Leads people to pretend they never wanted a medal in the first place.
~ Kim Gruenenfelder
Growing up, watching the Premier League as far back as I can remember, feeling the trophy and having the medal around my neck was an unbelievable feeling.
~ Wayne Rooney
If I won another gold medal in 2012, in my home city, imagine that. To be the face of 2012, that'd be unbelievable.
~ James DeGale
It's the Olympics. And it was a long way for me. To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.
~ Adelina Sotnikova
When it actually came to everyone clamoring to see the medal and talking about the experience, I began to feel empty inside. I started to feel that this piece of metal was worth more than I was as a person, and I think this began a spiral for me.
~ Stephanie Labbe
What awaited them there could only be guessed at, but for Ariane it was probably going to be a substantial reward, a medal, and a promotion to some high rank in Red's military intelligence branch.
~ Neal Stephenson
Someone named Gold has never won gold, I'm told.
~ Gracie Gold
Lathrop applied for a patent on the technique in 1957. With the Army band playing, the military gave him a medal for his work and a $25,000 cash bonus, which he used to buy his family a Nash Rambler station wagon.
~ Chris Miller
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
The Air Force pinned a medal on me for killing a man and discharged me for making love to one.
~ Leonard Matlovich
To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now.
~ Jordyn Wieber
As the president put the Medal of Honor around my neck, I felt the history and the weight of a nation.
~ Kyle Carpenter
Then she remembered what her mother called heart-sleep. That sleep a wounded heart needed to help it heal. She rubbed the ring and medal between her fingers.
~ Nora Roberts
People felt sorry for me that I don't get a medal. I said, "Hey, I got my medal when I saw them put the medal around our players." I said, "I got my medal when they raised that American flag, and I got my medal when they played our national anthem." You know, I cried. I cried because I know that I had done something for my country.
~ lasorda tommy
The champions of liberty have the medal for any necklace.
~ Charles de Leusse
The champions of liberty have the medal for any necklace. (Les champions de la liberte - Ont la medaille pour tout collier)
~ Charles de Leusse
Les anges les anges dans le ciel L'un est vêtu en officier L'un est vêtu en cuisinier Et les autres chantent Bel officier couleur du ciel Le doux printemps longtemps après Noël Te médaillera d'un beau soleil D'un beau soleil Le cuisinier plume les oies Ah! tombe neige Tombe et que n'ai-je Ma bien-aimée entre mes bras
~ Guillaume Apollinaire