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"Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment."
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"In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder," rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand."

"Sports for me is: S for Skill, P for Perseverance, O for Optimism, R for Resilience, T for Tenacity, S for Stamina"

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"I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points."

"I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result."
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"For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art."

"The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation."

"The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people."
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