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title: "2 Picked Olympic Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-lamont/i-m-pretty-proud-of-having-completed-a-marathon-myself-so-i-can-only/)

[Johann Lamont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-lamont/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/johann-lamont-9992_athlete_i-m-pretty-proud-of-having-completed-a-m_73280.png)

> [It was while I was in the mental hospital that I got my letter from the British Olympic Association saying, 'Congratulations. You've been picked to go to the Olympic Games.' I kept stressing I wasn't a patient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-the-eagle/it-was-while-i-was-in-the-mental-hospital-that-i-got-my-letter-from/)

[Eddie the Eagle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-the-eagle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/eddie-the-eagle-5840_british_it-was-while-i-was-in-the-mental-hospita_141118.jpg)

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