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Olympic

«For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.»
«It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret»
Author: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Athlete) | Keywords: look back| Occasions: Olympic
«Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.»
Author: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Athlete) | Keywords: ache, athlete, at times, tasks| Occasions: Olympic
«If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard»
Author: Jesse Owens (Athlete) | Keywords: Olympics, the Olympics, yard| Occasions: Olympic
«Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.»
Author: Marva Collins (Educator) | Keywords: perseverance| Occasions: Olympic
«Champions aren?t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.»
Author: Muhammad Ali (Activist, Boxer) | Keywords: championed, Champions, gym, gyms| Occasions: Olympic
«A lot of people run to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts.»
Author: Steve Roland Prefontaine (Runner) | Keywords: fastest, guts| Occasions: Olympic
«Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.»
«In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.»
Author: Pierre de Coubertin (Educator) | Keywords: oath, Olympic, sporting| Occasions: Olympic
«It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.»
Author: Vince Lombardi (Coach) | Keywords: discipline, number, number one, winner| Occasions: Olympic

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