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"I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability."
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"We are capable of greatness."
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"It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self."
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Personal Development
"If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored."
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Personal Development
"Talent can be a nice thing to have sometimes. You look good, attract attention, and if you're lucky, you make some money. Women flock to you. In that sense, having talent's preferable to having none. But talent only functions when it's supported by a tough, unyielding physical and mental focus. All it takes is one screw in your brain to come loose and fall off, or some connection in your body to break down, and your concentration vanishes, like the dew at dawn. If talent's the foundation you rely on, and yet it's so unreliable that you have no idea what's going to happen to it the next minute, what meaning does it have?"
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"You have divine abilities for a great mission."
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Personal Development
"What I do I do very well and what I don't do well I don't do at all."
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Personal Development
"If your education, talent and capacity can do nothing; your body can do lots of things."
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"We are capable of great works through the mighty power of the Holy Spirit."
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Personal Development
"We all have ability. The difference is how we use it."
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"The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting."
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"I still have nightmares about taking tests."
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"I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years."
Career
"I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability."
Ability
"We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age."
Age
"When the time comes for your brain to process the information, the second word comes up faster than the first one. So when it's in your head, all of a sudden, it comes out backwards and you think of the word backwards."
Time
"I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was."
Learning
"Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it."
Love
"If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?"
Time
"If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach."
Exercise
"I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy."
Work
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