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Linford Christie

"There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it."

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"There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it."

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"The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is, you got to give em something. Either your money, your land, your woman or your ass."

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"I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20's and 30's... I had other things on my mind... the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent."

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"Lack of money is the root of all evil."

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"Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."

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"Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a relationship of financial opposites."

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"If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be at full employment already."

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"Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s."

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"I think it's great that they are getting funding, but it's just too easy. They don't have to work for it. We did it because we had pride, because we loved it."
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"We have got to go out there and deliver, go on the streets and find athletes, improve facilities around the country and find coaches. We have got to go out there and search for a star."
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"Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising."
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"I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved it."
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"I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works."
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"I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the talent we have has been stunted."
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"Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete."
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