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Rafer Johnson

"What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at."

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"What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at."

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Amber Hurdle

"Life is defined by time and seasons."

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Amber Hurdle

"If you want to know the value of a minute ask the person who came to the train station or airport a minute late."

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Amber Hurdle

"Don't equate effective living to being busy."

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Amber Hurdle

"All things are made beautiful at a timely hour."

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Amber Hurdle

"We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it."

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Amber Hurdle

"Any moment which is not captured is loss in the events of time."

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Amber Hurdle

"I think Pete did have a hard time as a kid with his appearance. But don't all kids have a hard time? God, I had a hard time, too. I was little with bow legs and rickets. I used to get picked on like everybody used to get picked on."

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Amber Hurdle

"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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Amber Hurdle

"Time is a concrete product."

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Amber Hurdle

"Time must be converted into product."

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Rafer Johnson
"What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at."

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Rafer Johnson
"I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final."

Sports

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Rafer Johnson
"The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity."

Sports

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Rafer Johnson
"So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey program lets them do it on such a larger scale, with the regional and national competitions."

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Rafer Johnson
"I also meet with city officials, representatives from governors' offices, really anyone in that sort of position who has shown an interest in youth fitness, to let them know why this sort of program is so important. I give the same message when I speak at conferences."

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Rafer Johnson
"The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active."

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Rafer Johnson
"Tonight I'm going to shower and then just walk for about four hours and look at the moon."

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Rafer Johnson
"I don't care if I never see Texas again."

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