Al Oerter famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves.
-- Al Oerter

#Meaningful #Self #Competition
To exercise at or near capacity is the best way I know of reaching a true introspective state. If you do it right, it can open all kinds of inner doors.
-- Al Oerter

#Exercise #Doors #Training
I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another.
-- Al Oerter

#Sports #Thinking #Throwing
As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well.
-- Al Oerter

#Long #Calm #Calmness
I don't compete with other discus throwers. I compete with my own history.
-- Al Oerter

#Throwers
So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's proving that there is a place for guys like me in sports. It's a persona challenge to extend myself.
-- Al Oerter

#Leadership #Sports #Winning
There's no substitute for work. There are no shortcuts. There are no secrets.
-- Al Oerter

#Secret #Shortcuts #Substitutes

The traditional difficulty of balancing the mechanical with the imaginative schools of photography still operates. In schools of photography meaningful art education is often lacking and on the strength of their technical ability alone students, deprived of a richer artistic training, are sent forth inculcated with the belief that they are creative photographers and artists. It is yet a fact that today, as in the past, the most inspiring and provocative works in photography come as much (and probably more) from those who are in the first place artists.
As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with others in meaningful ways. Think about it - most political campaigns are based around values. Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign galvanized millions of youth behind two very clear values - hope and change.
Meaningful student involvement is the process of engaging students as partners in every facet of school change for the purpose strengthening their commitment to education, community & democracy.
The most meaningful way to succeed is to help others succeed.
I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can take something from that.
American ladies are known abroad for two distinguishing traits (besides, possibly, their beauty and self-reliance), and these are their ill-health and their extravagant devotion to dress.
I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.
I want all the gold that there is out there â€” everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.
I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.
By a steady adherence to the Union we may hope, erelong, to become the arbiter of Europe in America, and to be able to incline the balance of European competitions in this part of the world as our interest may dictate.

Al Oerter famous quotes

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