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"Fragile egos are put on the line every day."
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"This. I live in this place, make porridge, scrub toilets, do laundry, and for days, weeks, I am brave and I do get out of bed and I think on this. I study this, the full life, the being fully ready for the end. I start to think that maybe there is a way out of nightmares to dreams? Maybe?"
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"I walked without breaks, slept through nights without waking, inhumanly smooth " a small machine."
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"I have broken where I should have bent; and have mused and brooded, when my spirit should have mixed with all God's great creation. The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother. I have turned from the world, and I pay the penalty."
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"A river continues to flow despite losing a few drops at each turn."
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"Take the matter as you find it ask no questions, utter no remonstrances; it is your best wisdom. You expected bread and you have got a stone: break your teeth on it, and don't shriek because the nerves are martyrised; do not doubt that your mental stomach - if you have such a thing - is strong as an ostrich's; the stone will digest. You held out your hand for an egg, and fate put into it a scorpion. Show no consternation; close your fingers firmly upon the gift; let it sting through your palm. Never mind; in time, after your hand and arm have swelled and quivered long with torture, the squeezed scorpion will die, and you will have learned the great lesson how to endure without a sob."
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"Sometimes God's way of answering prayer is not by removing the pressure, but by increasing your strength to bear it."
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"If you can continue to smile through hardship and pain, then your moment will come, just be patient."
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"Anything in the world can be endured, except a series of wonderful days."
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"Willpower survives."
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"During my worst timeson the park benchesin the jailsor living withwhoresI always had this certaincontentment-I wouldn't call ithappiness-it was more of an innerbalancethat settled forwhatever was occuringand it helped in thefactoriesand when relationshipswent wrongwith thegirls.it helpedthrough thewars and thehangoversthe backalley fightsthehospitals.to awaken in a cheap roomin a strange city andpull up the shade-this was the craziest kind ofcontentmentand to walk across the floorto an old dresser with acracked mirror-see myself, ugly,grinning at it all.what matters most ishow well youwalk through thefire."
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"Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for."
Dream
"For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed."
Achievement
"Having a home away from the media glare is important to world-class athletes."
Home
"You give up your childhood. You miss proms and games and high-school events, and people say it's awful... I say it was a good trade. You miss something but I think I gained more than I lost."
People
"Many athletes competing in Atlanta wouldn't be here if it weren't for corporate support."
Athletes
"Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics."
Delight
"That's because the International Olympic Committee has a policy of never replacing medals."
Policy
"If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash."
Performance
"Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience."
Experience
"As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given."
Choice
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