Nobody comes in here not wanting to win a medal. It's definitely a daydream, coming across the line, seeing that No. 1 on the clock, feeling that excitement. Everyone thinks of that. If I win a medal, I'll have enough press. If I don't, I won't care.
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Related I came here to win a medal. DOMINIQUE MALTAIS I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal. LAURA WILKINSON Everyone is getting prepared for this, to win the gold medal. I am among them: I want to win the med... GENZEBE DIBABA If someone told me this morning I'd win a third goal medal I'd have said 'that would be great' becau... MICHAEL GREIS I was a little bit nervous because I knew I was in good shape coming in and wouldn't be satisfied if... BJOERN LIND It's stacked. In the 500, I felt if I skated well, I might win a medal without being unbelievably aw... CASEY FITZRANDOLPH I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to sta... SIDNEY CROSBY I saw him step up to the outside. I just locked it in and started driving. Coming into the state tou... KYLE DOHERTY I did not win a medal but I have shown that I can still compete with these younger guys. 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BOB HOREN It?s Uganda?s second medal and everyone will be very proud of me. Tonight I wanted to win a race, an... BONIFACE KIPROP I didn't exactly put in all those hours on the ice to win a team-pursuit medal. CHAD HEDRICK The committee felt that Michelle probably would have had a better chance to win a medal. BOB HOREN Our pursuit team is very strong, and can win a medal. I want to be part of that. SHANNON REMPEL I'm extremely happy that I could win the gold medal. It's a special moment in my career. MA LONG We still have a medal to win. LYNDSAY WALL The goal is to win one medal. I think we could win more. MAX GARTNER I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic ca... PETER SNELL When I saw her jumping so well I was cheering her on, too. Back in the village, I told her if she ke... 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KRISTINA GROVES Aside from all that, she was carrying about a million tons of titanium ore to the heavy industries o... CHRISTINA ENGELA If you had a friend you refused to talk to, eventually you couldn't keep calling that person a frien... CRAIG GROESCHEL There definitely was a perception if he was in the field he was going to win ? at that time. I think... LEE JANZEN My job was to come out here and get the 100 and 200 gold medals. That's what I did. The (relay) was ... JUSTIN GATLIN If I win the gold I might say nothing and just wander past him, hopefully with some kind of medal - ... BEN AINSLIE I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whateve... ROBERT OSBORNE Instead of thinking about how to win the silver medal, he should have thought how to win the gold. CARL VERHEIJEN There's very few athletes that compete at that level (national championship) that win a medal every ... VICKIE CROLEY I really want to win a medal and would want to win gold. It's my fire and fuel, life and dream, ... CAROLINE BUCHANAN When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal? KIP KEINO This win is for him. Winning the gold medal is a great feeling because we are a great team and we be... CARLOS TEVEZ It's not a mission of mine to end the year No.1. I know if I win everything I have a very good chanc... LINDSAY DAVENPORT It’s not a mission of mine to end the year No.1, ... I know if I win everything I have a very good... LINDSAY DAVENPORT It was so close to the gold medal. I don't feel I lost a gold medal. To me, I won a bronze medal. ANNI FRIESINGER I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My co... DAVID RUDISHA I made a gym, it's the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the 11th w... 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