"The male role models I had all seemed to have been in the military. My father served in the army. My uncle was in the Marine Corps. Both of my grandfathers served in WWII. There weren't any career soldiers in my family, but when I was young it seemed like a way of arriving at adulthood."

-- Kevin Powers

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“My reason for arguing against abolishing these types of sports isn't some kind of lofty, philosophical rationale. It's just that I did it and I liked it. It comes down to a libertarian issue for me. I feel that if I know the risks and I want to take them, I should be allowed to do so.”
“The thing about great athletes is that they all believe they can win the very next time.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing.”
“There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.”
“I have a number of famous quotes, and one of them is, if you get knocked down, get back up again. I don't really feel like I want to let anything ultimately defeat me.”

Source : "The 'I Am' Q&A". www.cnbc.com.
“I tried to take a few community college classes, but it got in the way of music, so I stopped. I had real life college and traveling on the road college. It's like a segue into adulthood, like living on your own for the first time.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The Army was my bread and butter.”
“Hopes and regrets are the sweetest links of existence.”

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