"I would be inclined to say 'if you are not willing to cooperate and follow the rules of your international federation you are not the right track and field association to be part of the USOC',"

-- Dick Pound

#Track Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Association Quotes

“Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.”
“Forty-seven years -- and I find I mind it less and less.”

Source : Louise Andrews Kent (1953). “"...with Kitchen Privileges."”
“I was no suffragette, but I was pretty sure the he-canâ€™t-control-himself defense was a big, stinky load of horseshit.”
“When you're in a place like New York or D.C. you just can't beat it, and it's so hard to recreate because they are both such distinctive places.”
“Not that believing such things has anything to do with whether they are true. You see that, don't you?”

Source : FaceBook post by Jesse Ball from Oct 30, 2011
“The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling. People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are down can't scan the horizon for new openings. Bursts of energy do not spring from a spirit of defeat. Ultimately, helplessness leads to hopelessness.”
“Mere experience, if it is not matched by deep concentration, does not translate into excellence.”
“I don't like the word "happy." I wouldn't want to use it that context. I enjoy writing songs, it's a really good challenge, it tickles me. It's a wonderful way to engage with your surroundings, through poetry and songs.”

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