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"From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war."

"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."

"There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls."

"My other Main Man is Muhamed Ali, for the obvious reasons."
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"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."

"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."

"Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up."

"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."

"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."

"The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them."
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