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"In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail."
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"Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion."
Success
"Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors."
Trust
"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."
Ability
"I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life."
Life
"I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing."
Experience
"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."
Friendship
"In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail."
Autobiography
"I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves."
Success
"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."
Career
"I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship."
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"I spent most of this afternoon writing a new introduction for my autobiography."
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"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."
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"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!"
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"I believe there's only one autobiography you can do."
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"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."
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"Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying."
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"An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory."
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"I have a children's book already out and my autobiography."
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"Every artist writes his own autobiography."
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"In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail."
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