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The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world.

The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal.

Silver and gold the Gods have denied them, whether in mercy or in wrath, I am unable to determine.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

They came from all over the world to work out at Gold's Gym.

Gold's was the first bodybuilding gym made for bodybuilders.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

What is fame? an empty bubble; Gold? a transient, shining trouble.

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.

An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.

Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff.

When we were on the road, I found out that my greatest hits album went Gold. They freaked out. Things really came to a head when we started arguing about a Van Halen greatest hits package.

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

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.

As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.

Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold.

Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them?

I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell them if I need the money.