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Winning the Olympic gold was amazing.
Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.
To win an Olympic gold would be very special for me.
I want to be European, world and Olympic gold medallist.
Winning that team-pursuit Olympic gold medal was unbelievable.
I never won a Vezina Trophy until I won the Olympic gold medal.
It's really incredible to win an Olympic Gold in your home city.
I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.
In 2007, I dreamed of Olympic gold but got outpointed in the Olympic trials.
I've won the African Cup, I've won an Olympic gold medal. That says everything.
It has always been a dream to win either the Olympic gold medal or the World Cup.
I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.
I'm not a celebrity. I'm just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.
Kurt Angle is an Olympic gold medalist, one of the greatest in-ring performers of all-time.
There was a lot of politics going on, and Ireland were denied an Olympic gold medal in 2008.
Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what I wanted.
I'm looking towards that Olympic medal and that Olympic gold and what it's going to take to get there.
The Olympics is still my greatest achievement... I have many belts, but there is only one Olympic gold.
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'
You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You don't boo me.
Obviously in 2008 it was 538 (to win an Olympic gold) and most of my scores have been over that this year.
When you win an Olympic gold, it is such a powerful feeling that stays with you for the rest of your life.
I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.
It's amazing to get one Olympic gold, but you have to be a legend to get two. And that's definitely my aim.
It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.
To win Olympic gold has been a dream for me for seven or eight years now, so it was amazing to actually achieve that.
The only thing that me and Muhammad Ali have in common is that we are both Olympic gold medalists and both very outspoken.
We knew James Harden was good. You don't get named to All-Star games and win Olympic gold medals when you play like Darko Milicic.
I'll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in the same games.
Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken.
I still really haven't sat down and said 'yeah, I'm ranked No. 1 in the world and I'm an Olympic Gold Medalist.' It just hasn't hit me.
Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person.
I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.
It means a lot to be an Olympian. I'm obviously so grateful and feel so lucky I was able to achieve my dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.
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.
I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium until 2012, I don't care.' I then won Olympic gold.
Billy Konchellah with his World Championship titles, Paul Ereng with his Olympic gold and Wilson Kipketer with his World records are my role models.
The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.
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.
If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a university, and I would be totally content with my life.
It would be pretty special if I could win two Olympic gold medals, one at the Summer Games and one from the Winters, so I'm going to give it a real go.
In 2012, I thought that maybe I could be an Olympic gold medalist. It just came from sitting home and being injured and watching the Olympics on the TV.
While growing up, my dream and my goal was to win an Olympic gold medal. I did that, and both times, they were the proudest moments in my amateur career.
It doesn't matter who you are. It can happen to anybody. We have Kenyan, Dominican Republic and even Scandinavian Olympic gold medalists. All you need is will power.
If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy.
Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset of all time in any sport that I can think of.
The Olympic gold was like going to a theater and seeing a movie that had the ending you expected. But you left the theater thinking, 'You know, that was a good movie.'
For me, back in Sydney, it was just being there and going out and beating Alexander Karelin, 13-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist. It was everything for me.
An Olympic gold medal is something that almost seems like a fantasy. Yes, of course I want it, since I was a little kid, before I even knew what the World Cup tour was.
Olympic gold is obviously right up there with a grand slam. It's a big win. You can say it's more, you can say it's less, you can say it's equal. It's very much up there.