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"She said I did good and I think she was happy with what I did. She just wants me to get my higher Start Value vault, which I'll be competing at Trials and, hopefully, the Olympics."

"She said I did good and I think she was happy with what I did. She just wants me to get my higher Start Value vault, which I'll be competing at Trials and, hopefully, the Olympics."

Carly Patterson, American Athlete

Athletics, Trials, Value

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"Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki."

"Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki."

Duke Kahanamoku, American Athlete

Athletics, Day, Night, Water

9

"Obviously if Gates turns out missing the first game because of this, that's disappointing for everyone in this locker room because he is big part of our team and we don't want to see that happen."

"Obviously if Gates turns out missing the first game because of this, that's disappointing for everyone in this locker room because he is big part of our team and we don't want to see that happen."

Drew Brees, American Athlete

Athletics, First, Want

7

"And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City."

"And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City."

Sanford I. Weill, American Businessman

Athletics, Play, School, Tennis

7

"I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain."

"I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain."

Duke Kahanamoku, American Athlete

Athletics, Rain

5

"I know about having days off. They can be helpful sometimes, especially late in the year. It's just key to go out there and establish early, especially in this park where they can put up some crooked numbers early."

"I know about having days off. They can be helpful sometimes, especially late in the year. It's just key to go out there and establish early, especially in this park where they can put up some crooked numbers early."

Dontrelle Willis, American Athlete

Athletics, Key, Numbers

5

"Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town."

"Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town."

Zola Budd, South African Athlete

Athletics, Growingup, Nothing, Rest, Running

4

"I don't linger on the fact that Dawn Fraser was a great swimmer 40 years ago. That was in the past. I did break 41 world records, but I don't live on that today."

"I don't linger on the fact that Dawn Fraser was a great swimmer 40 years ago. That was in the past. I did break 41 world records, but I don't live on that today."

Dawn Fraser, Australian Athlete

Athletics, Dawn, Fact, Past, Today

3

"On athleticism, God knows no favor. It seems rather he is in the business of teaching winners how to lose and losers how to win."

"On athleticism, God knows no favor. It seems rather he is in the business of teaching winners how to lose and losers how to win."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Athletics, Athleticism, Equality, Winning, Losing

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"In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team."

"In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

Athletics, Football, Competition, Opposition, Sports

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