Your Monday Gold Quotes

Hey it's Monday, a new start of your life! Sure, we understand the work day blue, so we've prepared some inspirational quotes from Paralympians and Olympians to cheer you up.

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Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (Brazil) rewrote history by winning the first-ever Winter Olympic medal for the entire continent of South American, a shiny gold in men's giant slalom, Milano Cortina 2026:

I hope I can inspire some kids out there that, despite what they wear, despite how they look, despite where they come from, they can follow their own dreams and be who they really are.

Because that is the real source of happiness in life.

"Skiing with my heart" Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has accomplished plenty of firsts for Brazil. He hoped that this can be a point of inspiration for the next generation of children, showing them nothing is impossible.

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British Para swimmer Alice Tai, who had six surgeries on three different limbs over the course of 2.5 years, including a transtibial leg amputation, won S8 100m backstroke gold with a new Paralympic record in Paris 2024:

A lot has happened in my personal life. Just being here, I feel that I’ve made myself proud and everyone supporting me proud.

I really want to break the stigma for my disability, just being here is doing that and I'm so privileged to be able to do that.

Alice Tai had a below-the-knee right leg amputation in 2022, then splashed up to snatch her first individual title at Paris 2024

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Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, on winning all six men’s cross-country events at Milano Cortina 2026:

It's a lot of sacrifices, but on the other hand, when you're starting to feel that it’s sacrifices, I think it’s time to find something else to do.

There are choices to make and we’ve made all the right choices this year. Mentally, I’ve been in a better place than I was last year and I have a lot of fun racing out there now.

Johannes H. Klæbo swept 6 Olympic gold, Tour de Ski, Distance Globe, Sprint Globe and Overall Globe in 2025/26 season

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Simone Biles, 11 Olympics & 30 World Championship medals, the most decorated gymnast in history:

At the end of the day, whatever happens, happens. But I'm in a good spot mentally and physically, so you can't take that away from me. So whenever I'm out there, it's just pure joy.

The legacy, I feel like, is just having fun, doing what you love.

Simone Biles, 3 gold winner in gymnastics team event, individual all-around, and vault, Paris 2024

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Stephen Clegg, gold winner & world record setter in Paris 2024 S12 100m backstroke, talked about how bagging silver in Tokyo 2020 made him changed from planning to retire to rediscovering the love for swimming:

Now I can look back and almost be grateful for that second place in Tokyo and know that not necessarily it was reason, but that if I didn’t finish second, I might not be here today.

Take chances, find your limits, and don’t accept the limitations others put on you out of their own insecurities.

Stephen Clegg dedicated his second gold medal to his mum after triumphing in a tightly-contested men's S12 100m butterfly final.

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Leani Ratri Oktila, the most successful female Para badminton (SL3-SU5) athlete, about her sixth world's title:

My son is with my family in Indonesia because we don’t have much money for him to come to Paris. I would love to have shared this gold medal moment with him.

All the training over the years have been worth it. I had to do this for Indonesia and for Para badminton.

Leani Ratri Oktila won 2 gold 1 silver in Paris 2024 Paralympics, achieved three-title sweep at British & Irish Para Badminton International 2026, and still strikes a balance between sporting career and motherhood.

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Su Yi-ming before gifting himself a sweet 22nd birthday present—gold in men's snowboard slopestyle, Milano 2026 on 18 February:

The most important thing I’ve learnt is never to lose the feeling of the first time you try the sport, the excitement.

You can’t always chase wins because feelings are just as important.

Su Yi-ming won Slopestyle gold on his birthday, after bagging bronze as the reigning champion in Big Air.