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The unwillingness to accept anything short of victory, that underlying fury, is the fundamental building block of my bottomless motivation to succeed. It is my credo in all that I do in life from battling cancer to bicycle racing.

Lance Armstrong

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Lance Armstrong
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 18
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