"I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important."

Thought, Strength, Example

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"I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important."

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"Team doctors' jobs those days were to keep you on the field."

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"The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn."

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"Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing."

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"After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind."

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"Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball."

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"The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him."

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"If we should think, we should dwell on pure thoughts."

"Knowledge is life."

"I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency."

"In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social."

"I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue."

"You are not a human being, but you are a thinking and dreaming machine."

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"Team doctors' jobs those days were to keep you on the field."

"The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn."

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"Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing."

"After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind."

"Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball."