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"I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so."
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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
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"And there wasn't anything he wanted to do that he couldn't make time for. What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want? Love, he could hear Eve saying. Purpose. Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?"
"Quit acting like everything is so serious. Most situations aren't as bad as you fear, and those that are might benefit from a little laughter."
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"In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best."
"In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are."
"Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops."
"I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me."
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"I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so."
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