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Gold Quotes
From rush-era history to turning mishaps into gold.
Gold shows up here in wildly different forms — the literal 19th-century Gold Rush that helped build towns like Sacramento, gold-toned '60s fashion palettes, and the shimmer of ancient gilded artifacts. See also our Golden quotes for a closer look at the color itself.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm chasing gold. And whatever fight can get me closer to being a world champion, those are the fights that I want.
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The last book I read before I wrote my first book - 'Ghosts of Manhattan' - was 'The Gold Coast' by DeMille. I loved it, and it gave me a lot of energy to start into my own.
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A guy named Peter Rabe wrote a batch of books for Gold Medal in the '50s, and he was absolutely the single largest influence on writing style. I was completely in love with the way the man wrote.
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Most coaches would consider leading a team to an Olympic gold medal a capper for a pretty good year. The same goes for winning an NCAA national championship. Or a FIBA world championship. Mike Krzyzewski, head coach of the Duke Blue Devils and Team USA, led teams to each of these honors... within about 24 months.
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If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.
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In my very first interview, at nine years old, I said I wanted to be an Olympic gold medalist. That was the first time I said it out loud in front of somebody other than my parents.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a successful gymnastics career and, most certainly, the confirmation that my parents' sacrifices were not in vain.
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I grew up with a beautiful gold harp sitting in our living room. My older sister played it.
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You know, me winning two gold medals, going for a third one, that's nice. But being there with Mark and my sister, and my brother being the coach, it's a dream come true. It's going to be awesome.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's weird that I'm putting my old green and gold jersey, and I'm moving on to the cardinal and white. I'm a Stanford Cardinal.
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- Nov 07, 2020