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title: "3 John Atkinson Quotes"
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# John Atkinson

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##  Quotes by John Atkinson

> [“If you don't run your own life, someone else will”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-atkinson/if-you-don-t-run-your-own-life-someone-else-will/)

John Atkinson

[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [I don't even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being from Canada…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-atkinson/i-don-t-even-know-what-the-odds-are-for-one-kid-or-one-team-to-make/)

John Atkinson

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> [We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-atkinson/we-knew-what-we-were-up-against-but-we-were-going-to-go-down-fighting/)

John Atkinson

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