#medals

The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line. ↗

— Charles Edward Montague

#duties #front #his #inverse #line

That's because the International Olympic Committee has a policy of never replacing medals. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#committee #international #medals #never #olympic

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at. ↗

— Jesse Owens

#count #gold #gold medals #inevitable #inside

I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#attitude #bring #her #i #i love

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#appearances #era #financial #former #get

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment. ↗

— Gail Devers

#career #country #disappointment #gold #gold medals

I don't know where my medals are. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#know #medals #where

Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them? ↗

— Eric Heiden

#gold medals #heck #medals #them #you

But probably this is helps to win, to win, to gold, more gold medals, and to win most my important medal, heart of people. This is most important for me. ↗

— Olga Korbut

#gold medals #heart #helps #important #me

I am not interested in medals or titles. I don't need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it. ↗

— Olga Korbut

#fight #i #i am #interested #love