Betty Cuthbert Quotes

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• The integral part of being a star is having the will to win. All the champions have it.
• I always felt free when I ran. I suppose that's what was good about it.
• You've got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed.I feel that's the only way to succeed - by concentrating on something…
• I realised from a very early age that God gave me a gift, and that gift was to run, and I wanted to use it…
• My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've ever won
• My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m
• Everything I did that required effort, I opened my mouth. Even to catch a ball, I opened my mouth
• No way did I ever think I was going to win the 100m
• My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different…
• I don't concentrate on things I can't do. I do what I can do.
• I can understand how evolution says, "don't believe in God", but I've never had this problem. I've always loved His creation. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean…

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