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Alberto Juantorena

"If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out."

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"If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out."

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A.E. Samaan

"The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run the offense. You should still be concerned on the offense side of the ball."

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A.E. Samaan

"So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it."

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A.E. Samaan

"I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes."

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A.E. Samaan

"Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed."

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A.E. Samaan

"That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes."

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A.E. Samaan

"The night before I compete, I like to have steak. Meat is especially important for female athletes because it provides them with the nutrients they need to perform at their best."

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A.E. Samaan

"For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth."

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A.E. Samaan

"If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out."

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A.E. Samaan

"We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over."

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A.E. Samaan

"That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection."

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Alberto Juantorena
"The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete."

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Alberto Juantorena
"I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school."

Education

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Alberto Juantorena
"If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out."

Athletes

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Alberto Juantorena
"We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over."

Athletes

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Alberto Juantorena
"We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way."

Athletes

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Alberto Juantorena
"I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport."

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Alberto Juantorena
"Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition."

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Alberto Juantorena
"I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of."

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Alberto Juantorena
"Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion."

Life

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Alberto Juantorena
"I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we should send somebody to inspect and to make sure the athletes will be looked after in a correct manner."

Athletes

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