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Athletics Competitor Inspirational Quotes (2833)

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Anyone who attempts anything original in the world must expect a bit of ridicule.
Alberto Juantorena
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If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out.
Alberto Juantorena
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We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world.
Alberto Juantorena
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And then you have the responsibility and the duty of being good examples to youngsters, not smoke, training hard, go to bed early, don't drink alcohol, don't take drugs, it's very important to have a policy for educating against doping.
Alberto Juantorena
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I myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven't belonged to any company or any system. It isn't easy to live like this in Japan.
Haruki Murakami
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Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.
Alberto Juantorena
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We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not.
Joschka Fischer
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... my mother and father ... raised nine of us and taught each to do our best ... We tried.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
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I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
Sally Pearson
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I've been very clear. I won. I didn't commit the crime.
O. J. Simpson
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Inflation is not all bad. After all, it has allowed every American to live in a more expensive neighborhood without moving.
Alan Cranston
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I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done.
Alan Cranston
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Unless you have a sense of values that's shared by people and turns them loose to do certain things on their own within those sets of values, the organization, whether a nation or corporation or citizen group, just doesn't work very well.
Alan Cranston
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The explosion of a terrorist's single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster. An accidental military launch of multiple warheads could result in a worldwide nuclear holocaust. Medical researchers and military analysts forebode grim consequences.
Alan Cranston
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The probability of a fatal nuclear detonation is greater now than at any time during the Cold War. As the Russian military deteriorates, and as rogue governments and terrorists seek to acquire nuclear capabilities, the threat continues to grow.
Alan Cranston
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Unprecedented warnings by officials most closely linked with nuclear arms negotiations and defense strategy indicate that we are running out of time. If we fail to act soon, the scars of a major nuclear disaster will mark our immediate and distant future.
Alan Cranston
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The arsenal of megadeath can't be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to.
Alan Cranston
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I can't run forever. I decided to go back to school for my degree, because I know now there's more to life than track.
Evelyn Ashford
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You never answered my question, about what you want to do with your life. Maybe my dreams aren't that complicated. Maybe I think that a job is just a job. What does that mean? Maybe I don't want to be defined by what I do. Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am.
Nicholas Sparks
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I'll think about you everyday. Part of me is scared that there'll come a time when you don't feel the same way, that you'll somehow forget about what we shared, so this is what I want to do forever.
Nicholas Sparks
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What do we talk about? Just ordinary things. What happened today, or books we've read, or tomorrow's weather, you know. Don't tell me you're wondering if people jump to their feet and shout stuff like 'It'll rain tomorrow if a polar bear eats the stars tonight!
Haruki Murakami
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Even if you're inches away from the finish, never take success for granted.
Dean Karnazes
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You can only be brave by being afraid. Embrace what you are scared of and shift its energy to destroy your fears.
Joel Brown
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So what if I never win my fifth gold medal It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's proving that there is a place for guys like me in sports. It's a persona challenge to extend myself.
Al Oerter
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