Luke Donald Quotes

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

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.

Growing up, I always dreamed of winning an NBA championship, never a gold. A gold was something that never crossed my mind.

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.'

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

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

I'm going to win a gold medal.

My only aim is to win an Olympic 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.

Winning that team-pursuit Olympic gold medal was unbelievable.

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

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.

We're talking about the Olympics. We're talking about trying to win the gold medal. All of these things can be overwhelming. But regardless of whether I win a gold medal or never compete again, I just have to trust that God has a plan for my life and I'm called to be His representative through the sport and outside of the sport.

As a thrill in my career, the Olympics rank right up there with my two NCAA championships at Duke.

The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that's a very difficult achievement.

I wasn't jumping like Carl Lewis, but I still won an Olympic title.

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.

I take a lot of pride in my first '92 gold medal.

I'd probably say the championships mean more to me, but the gold medal makes you a bit different. It's a special award.

The ultimate dream of an athlete is to compete in the Olympics. For us athletes, that is the zenith. There is nothing beyond that.

I'm confident I can take the gold in Beijing.

I'm chasing that gold medal.

The European countries are really hoping to do well in the Olympics. If they win gold medals, they can use them as cash.