Terry Fox famous quotes

04-17-2025

The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in the New York Marathon. It was then I decided to meet this new challenge head on and not only overcome my disability, but conquer it in such a way that I could never look back and say it disabled me.
-- Terry Fox

#Basketball #New York #Night
I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don't. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I've broken my right knee many times and it doesn't hurt a bit.
-- Terry Fox

#Hurt #Sorry #Broken
Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going.
-- Terry Fox

#Needs #Keep Going
Dreams are made possible if you try
-- Terry Fox

#Dream #Trying #Made
I just wish people would realize that anything's possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try.
-- Terry Fox

#Dream #Thinking #People
How many people ever get a chance to do something that they really believe in?
-- Terry Fox

#Believe #People #Chance
Itâ€™s one thing to run across Canada, but now, people are really going to know what cancer is.
-- Terry Fox

#Running #Cancer #People
I'm not a dreamer, and I'm not saying this will initiate any kind of definitive answer or cure to cancer, but I believe in miracles. I have to.
-- Terry Fox

#Cancer #Believe #Miracle
I donâ€™t feel that this is unfair. Thatâ€™s the thing about cancer. Iâ€™m not the only one, it happens all the time to people. Iâ€™m not special. This just intensifies what I did. It gives it more meaning. Itâ€™ll inspire more people. I just wish people would realize that anythingâ€™s possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try
-- Terry Fox

#Dream #Cancer #Giving
Somewhere the hurting must stop,
-- Terry Fox

#Hurt
I know that you can do the impossible.
-- Terry Fox

#Impossible
When I started this run, I said that if we all gave one dollar, weâ€™d have $22 million for cancer research, and I donâ€™t care man, thereâ€™s no reason that isnâ€™t possible. No reason!
-- Terry Fox

#Running #Cancer #Men
Even though I'm not running anymore, we still have to try to find a cure for cancer. Other people should go ahead and try to do their own thing now.
-- Terry Fox

#Running #Cancer #People
Maybe thatâ€™s why Iâ€™ve made it as far as I have â€“ 2,521 miles. If I ran to a doctor every time I got a little cyst or abrasion Iâ€™d still be in Nova Scotia. Or else Iâ€™d never have started. Iâ€™ve seen people in so much pain. The little bit of pain Iâ€™m going through is nothing. They canâ€™t shut it off, and I canâ€™t shut down every time I feel a little sore.
-- Terry Fox

#Pain #Doctors #People
I want to try the impossible to show that it can be done.
-- Terry Fox

#Trying #Want #Done
It snowed all day long, fortunately it didn't stay on the road. It was very, very cold today. Fortunately, the wind was at my back. The terrain was rolly but not big hills. The first miles were like usual tough, but I felt quite good from there till the end of 10 miles.
-- Terry Fox

#Wind #Long #Till The End
I want to set an example that will never be forgotten.
-- Terry Fox

#Example #Want #Forgotten
Everybody seems to have given up hope of trying. I haven't. It isn't easy and it isn't supposed to be, but I'm accomplishing something. How many people give up a lot to do something good. I'm sure we would have found a cure for cancer 20 years ago if we had really tried
-- Terry Fox

#Giving Up #Cancer #Years
I'm not a dreamer... but I believe in miracles. I have to
-- Terry Fox

#Inspiration #Believe #Miracle
Our privacy is starting to be invaded and we can't get anything done. I'm happy with the fundraising but upset we don't have time to talk and meet with people.
-- Terry Fox

#Fundraising #People #Upset
If youâ€™ve given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope .
-- Terry Fox

#Dollars #Marathon #Given
I'm not doing the run to become rich or famous.
-- Terry Fox

#Running #Rich #Become Rich
Some people canâ€™t figure out what Iâ€™m doing. Itâ€™s not a walk-hop, itâ€™s not a trot, itâ€™s running, or as close as I can get to running, and itâ€™s harder than doing it on two legs. It makes me mad when people call this a walk. If I was walking it wouldnâ€™t be anything.
-- Terry Fox

#Running #Two #People
It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.
-- Terry Fox

#Cancer #Helping Others #Self
I guess that one of the most important things I've learned is that nothing is ever completely bad. Even cancer. It has made me a better person. It has given me courage and a sense of purpose I never had before. But you don't have to do like I did...wait until you lose a leg or get some awful disease, before you take the time to find out what kind of stuff you're really made of. You can start now. Anybody can.
-- Terry Fox

#Cancer #Waiting #Important
I remember promising myself that should I live I would prove myself deserving of life.
-- Terry Fox

#Remember #Should #Prove
It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I'm finished I'm not going to be on the front page, but I'm going to be just as happy without the publicity.
-- Terry Fox

#Hurt #Hands #People

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