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"In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail."
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"An autobiography is the story of how a man thinks he lived."
"One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead."
"I won't write my autobiography because I never had an affair with Frank Sinatra, and if I had had, I wouldn't tell anyone."
"If you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert and a drug addict, all it means is that you've read his autobiography."
"An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory."
"I'm also doing a special for Comedy Central called Autobiography. It's going to be a spoof of Biography."
"And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every two years."
"I've been working on my autobiography, just pecking away in longhand. The more you write, the more you remember. The more you remember, the more detail you recall. It's not all pleasant!"
"Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying."
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"To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world."
"In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends."
"I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion."
"An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons."
"These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained."
"As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years."
"Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins."
"I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship."
"There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color."
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