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Major Taylor

"Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins."

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Donna Grant

"We cannot measure time. We can only measure changes of life and the universe."

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"I wouldn't ask too much of her,' I ventured. 'You can't change the past.''Can't change the past?' he cried incredulously. 'Why of course you can!"

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Donna Grant

"Life is a bubble in the ocean of time. At the same time, it can hold all the water of the ocean in her heart."

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Donna Grant

"God had infinite time to give us.... He cut it up into a near succession of new mornings and with each therefore a new idea new inventions and new applications."

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Donna Grant

"Time is the greatest and longest-established spinner of all. ... His factory is a secret place his work noiseless and his hands are mutes."

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Donna Grant

"Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke."

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Donna Grant

"The value of time is immeasurable."

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Donna Grant

"Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever."

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Donna Grant

"Worrying about what happened on Monday, or, what might happen on Wednesday, is at the expense of one's Tuesday."

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Donna Grant

"Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in that fact, one day before my birthday will come, one day before I will finish... (So far one day is popular... that's a fact called itself zipf law... )...Call it how you want, but for my it's zipfy law!"

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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins."
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"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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"There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color."
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"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."
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"The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results."
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"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."
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"Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion."
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