Terry Fox Quotes

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• I just wish people would realize that anything's possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try.
• Even though I'm not running anymore, we still have to try to find a cure for cancer. Other people should go ahead and try to…
• If you’ve given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope .
• Some people can’t figure out what I’m doing. It’s not a walk-hop, it’s not a trot, it’s running, or as close as I can get…
• Maybe that’s why I’ve made it as far as I have – 2,521 miles. If I ran to a doctor every time I got a…
• It’s one thing to run across Canada, but now, people are really going to know what cancer is.
• It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.
• I'm not a dreamer, and I'm not saying this will initiate any kind of definitive answer or cure to cancer, but I believe in miracles.…
• Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going.
• I want to try the impossible to show that it can be done.
• I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don't. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I've broken my right knee many times…
• Our privacy is starting to be invaded and we can't get anything done. I'm happy with the fundraising but upset we don't have time to…
• It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk.…
• When I started this run, I said that if we all gave one dollar, we’d have $22 million for cancer research, and I don’t care…
• Somewhere the hurting must stop,
• I don’t feel that this is unfair. That’s the thing about cancer. I’m not the only one, it happens all the time to people. I’m…
• I want to set an example that will never be forgotten.
• I remember promising myself that should I live I would prove myself deserving of life.
• I guess that one of the most important things I've learned is that nothing is ever completely bad. Even cancer. It has made me a…
• I know that you can do the impossible.

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