"Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere."

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Olga Korbut

#Sports Quotes #Strong Quotes #Gymnastics Quotes

“I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.”
“...Iknow the bitter fact that most lives are incredibly wasted, that opportunities for developing identity, for receiving pleasure, for achieving a sense of self-worth are limited and, not only underdeveloped, but in most cases not developed at all--because no one thinks that a housewife, or a mother, or a typist has anything to develop.”
“It is very difficult to be a hero without an audience, although, in a sense, we are each the hero of a peculiar, half-ruined film called our life.”

Source : Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.184, Faber & Faber
“Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions.”
“Trust me, I've seen a lot of fighters come in hot and they disappear faster than they came in after a loss or two. This is the UFC and the best fighters in the world are here. If you fight the great fighters you're bound to lose.”

Source : Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com.
“Considering how bad men are, it is wonderful how well they behave.”

Source : Salvador de Madariaga (1974). “Morning without noon: memoirs”
“The pictures were painted directly through me, without preliminary drawings and with great power. I had no idea what the pictures would depict and still I worked quickly and surely without changing a single brush-stroke.”
“The key to the Toyota Way and what makes Toyota stand out is not any of the individual elementsâ€¦But what is important is having all the elements together as a system. It must be practiced every day in a very consistent manner, not in spurts.”

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