Well, melt it down, it's worth almost nothing, but keep it as the Vogelsong Medal, you can't sell it.

I still have no interest in public celebrations, speeches, encouragements or the bestowing of chips.

Gibson flew F-22 missions over Iraq and Afghanistan, earned a boatload of medals, including the Silver Star, and then an injury sidelined his flying career and he moved back stateside.

And just this past February, I won two back-to-back World Cup gold medals — (Applause) — which made me the highest ranked adaptive female snowboarder in the world.

It's Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who in 1984 missed taking the gold in the heptathlon by one third of a second, and her husband predicted that would give her the tenacity she needed in follow-up competition.

In 1988, she won the gold in the heptathlon and set a record of 7, 291 points, a score that no athlete has come very close to since.

But what if the sassy sidekick walked in wearing a gold medal that he'd won at the cake walking event at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996?

I have won medals in three different sports and national games in Canada, competed at the international level in basketball and was proud to represent Canada on the world stage.

And I want to tell you that plants are going to do it for us, all we have to do is give them a little help, and they will go and get a gold medal for humanity.

When you win a medal or set a world record, this mirror shows the happiness that you and your loved ones feel, but also reflects the tears that you shed all by yourself, alone in the water.

In an open water marathon held in Switzerland, when I won my first gold medal for India -- (Applause) I witnessed a proud Indian in me.