"I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field."

-- Dan O'Brien

#College Quotes #Track Quotes #Fields Quotes

“I have always known that I wanted to work with youth through the arts and I believe the arts can help young people cope with hardship.”
“I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.”
“Iâ€™ve always loved Alice Cooper.”
“Legends were not only for the desperate. Legends were for the brave. (Soren)”

Source : Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians”, p.158, Scholastic Inc.
“It was understood that they shared the same thresholds--the same inexhaustible appetite for wasting time, for discussing lofty ideas, for dissecting trivial things, for driving to nowhere in particular, for listening to music, for talking about books, for obsessing over pop culture, but mostly for laughing, talking, and simply being together. There was nothing one could say that the other would find too cruel or too kind. And on those rare occasions when they did tire of each other, they needed only go a day without talking before they yearned to reconnect.”
“I Intend to Take Time for Myself to Live the Life that I Came Here to Live.”
“America is a mere bully, from one end to the other, and the Bostonians by far the greatest bullies.”
“The race is lost. You can't overtake here and I'm starting from 15th... It's over already.”

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