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Olympic
«The greatest and proudest moment moment of my life standing on the podium receiving the silver medal on behalf of myself and Australia.»
Author: Graham Cheney
(Boxer)
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Olympic
«One chance is all you need.»
«I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.»
«I run to see who has the most guts.»
«Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a circumscribed universe of rules that protect the integrity of competition. Records are worth recording, and worth striving to surpass, because they serve as benchmarks of excellence achieved under the pressure of competition.»
Author: George F. Will
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Olympic
«The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour.»
«Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul.»
«Olympism is not a system - it is a state of mind. This state of mind has emerged from a double cult: that of effort and that of Eurythmy - a taste of excess and a taste of measure combined.»
«The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never tasted victory or defeat.»
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
(President)
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Olympic
«I love running cross country....On a track, I feel like a hamster.»
Author: Robin Williams
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cross, cross country, feel like, hamster, track| Occasions:
Olympic
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