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"The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever."
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"Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday."
Life
"Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle."
Optimism
"My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother."
Family
"When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome."
Optimism
"I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me."
Emotional
"Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life."
Life
"I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened."
Determination
"I believe in me more than anything in this world."
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"It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets."
Life
"The triumph can't be had without the struggle."
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"Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81."
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"I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves."
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"Philosophic meditation is an accomplishment by which I attain Being and my own self, not impartial thinking which studies a subject with indifference."
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"I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger."
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"The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled."
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"I can now successfully drive a stick. That's a huge accomplishment."
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"The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever."
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"Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me."
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"My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already submitted to you."
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"Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment."
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