"I thought that when I won the Olympic trials I was going to be the happiest person in the whole world. And I was happy. But it wasn't like I thought it was going to be. I had already imagined it in my head so many times. It was real before it happened."

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Marlen Esparza

#Real Quotes #World Quotes #Trials Quotes

“In order to keep up with the rapid evolution of the sport, you've got to keep an open mind.”
“By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.”
“My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.”
“Evolutionary game theory was originally developed as an alternative to the hypothesis of group selection; now it is clear that game theory models postulate group selection, even if they do not use the g-word.”
“Diamonds never leave you... men do!”
“And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.”
“An honest man is strange when he is among dishonest men, but it is a good kind of strangeness.”
“It is possible to believe in progress as a fact without believing in progress as an ethical principle; but in the catechism of many Americans, the one goes with the other.”

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