"I am a former sabre fencer and fenced as part of the Uzbek republic team."

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Source : Interview with Ian Cobain, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2007.

Alisher Usmanov

#Team Quotes #Republic Quotes #Former Quotes

“If you don't feel you're the best, then you shouldn't be doing your job. No one else cares if you don't care about yourself.”
“I have a hard time saying "no" if it's right. I don't say "no" to say "no." I said "no" when I didn't have a pot to piss in. I still said "no" to big money jobs because they didn't make creative sense to me.”
“It's the nicest thing on earth if someone comes up to me and says, 'Every day I drink out of a mug you designed.'”
“I've done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and I've found no evidence that it brings happiness.”

Source : "Are You Man Enough to Skate with Mary?" by Steve Friedman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“There's no political point worth my son's life.”
“I knew I wanted to be an artist at age 5 or 6. I always drew. At 8, I was permitted to study.”
“If I have something I like to forget, then I forget it.”

Source : "Rowlands celebrates 6 decades in film with honorary Oscar". The Associated Press interview, www.arabnews.com. November 12, 2015.
“Sitting in your garden is a feat to be worked at with unflagging determination and single-mindedness. . . . I am deeply committed to sitting in the garden.”

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