"I was always active as a child. My dad tried to place me in every sport imaginable. I had so much energy, he wanted to push me in a direction where that energy was used appropriately to keep me out of trouble and focused while I was in school."

-- Apolo Ohno

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“If you have the strength to whine, you have the strength to do something about it.”
“I've been touring for so long, I've kind of honed into exactly what I am, I'm an artist so if you like it, you like it, if you don't you don't, you know?”
“Success by its very nature demands a period of overcoming, a process by which we become strong in broken places.”

Source : Dennis Kimbro (2011). “Daily Motivations for African-American Success: Including Inspirations from Famous African-American Achievers”, Fawcett
“If heâ€™s not gay and he hung out with you the whole time, he wanted to be. Itâ€™s boyfriend or want to be boyfriend or I guess gay. Those are the choices.”
“On stage, I'm me. I'm a husband, I'm a dad, I'm a guy, I'm a mess - but I am a cohesive thing that you recognize as one human entity saying these things that he generally believes.”
“Show me a movement that doesn't hate somebody and I will join it at once.”
“I hate to make the comparison here, but think of me as one of those expensive boutiques. If you have to ask about the cost, you probably canâ€™t afford me.”

Source : Cherie Priest (2011). “Bloodshot”, p.22, Spectra
“If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move.”

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