Dan O'Brien Quotes

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.

My dream is to get gold medal both in the world championship and the Olympics.

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. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.

I've won the African Cup, I've won an Olympic gold medal. That says everything.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

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.

The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career.

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.

I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.

It has always been a dream to win either the Olympic gold medal or the World Cup.

The Olympics is still my greatest achievement... I have many belts, but there is only one Olympic gold.

An Olympic medal is much better than a world record, and so is a world championship or Commonwealth Games medal.

Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what I wanted.

There are some real memorable highlights in my history that, in my mind, are such milestones. Winning a national championship in college and being on the Olympic platform getting a gold medal. Visiting the Hall of Fame and going into the Hall of Fame.

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's really incredible to win an Olympic Gold in your home city.

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.

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.

Four world titles is a good swath at the top of the podium. The Olympics didn't work out for a couple of reasons, but it feels good when people say 'four world titles.'

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

Athens is a great place for me. It is my second home. It's where I won my first world championship medal, it's where I set my world record.

When you win the Olympics, you hope that the medal that you get, that weight makes it feel like you really earned something.

I am a dreamer. And what I dream of is to become Olympic champion, world champion, world record holder.

It's an Olympic Games, at the end of the day, and to represent your country at the Olympics is about as good as it gets. Put a gold medal on top of that, and it doesn't ever get any better.

I am European Games champion now as well as Olympic champion, European champion, and world champion.