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"I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school."
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"School...school... is just nothing... if you think that you are going to learn something. You are here wrong, you wanna see the system?It's in about23 Channels as a start then increases... decreases... even with different topics in the end... they want you to recall the whole data from the 23 Channels as for Perfect, as For under Perfect Okay..okay... but still not perfect, as for Good... Just an Okay... and as for Middle... Little from there and little from there as for the last... Nothing at all."
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"Sunday school don't make you cool forever."
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"I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed."
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"The most important thing I learned in school was how to touch type."
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"When I was in high school, I read all of Neil Simon's plays."
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"He nodded toward the sub. "This is going to be a blow-off day."I dragged my mind away from magical intrigue. After being homeschooled for most of my life, some parts of the "normal" school world was a mystery. "What does that mean, exactly.""Usually teacher leave subs a lesson plan, telling them what to do. I saw Ms. Terwilliger left. It said, 'Distract them."
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"It wasn't until school that we realised that we were abnormal."
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"I was a dummy in school."
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"I was always one who was clowning around in school and getting in trouble."
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"When asked 'What do we need to learn this for?' any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness."
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"Lots of people let it go by and never accomplish what they want. I just wanted to see what I could do."
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"Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete."
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"I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school."
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"I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching."
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"One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition."
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"In digital world, sport provides opportunity to bring people together."
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"Stretching was a major part of my preparation."
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"The joint lubrication was not what it was when I was competing, and I decided that not having arthritis or rheumatism for the rest of my life was a lot more important to me than returning to the track."
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"My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet."
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"I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there."
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