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"You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset."
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"The sky won't shed tears if stars refuse to shine, it will wait for the sun."
"Challenges are part of life;We weaken our spirit, when we act in fear and lose hope. But we strengthen our spirit, when we fearlessly with faith and hope, rise up to meet and conquer the challenges."
"When life is sweet, be thankful, and rejoice; but when bitter, be strong, and persevere."
"Don't be a victim of circumstances. Choose victory by gracious endurance."
"Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important."
"If I had a formula for bypassing trouble I wouldn't pass it around. Wouldn't be doing anybody a favour. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don't say embrace trouble. That's as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say meet it as a friend for you'll see a lot of it and had better be on speaking terms with it."
"Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart."
"Does your frustration equate a certain form of revenge?Bright light shines upon me despite of hills of frustration."
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"It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same."
"There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits."
"Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics."
"You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one."
"I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little."
"As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain."
"It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me."
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