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"Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for."
"The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well."
"If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words and presence."
"Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law."
"The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die."
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