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Sports can unite a group of people from different backgrounds, all working together to achieve a common goal. And even if they fall short, sharing… — Unknown Author
Despite my inability to qualify to qualify in South Africa, I did really appreciate the support I got from the IOC particularly the Olympic Solidarity,… — Benjamin Boukpeti
I was so small, I wasn't even going to go back out for my junior year. But my mom and dad sat me down and… — Mark Buehrle
There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved. — Chris Brasher
I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try… — Damon Hill
Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners. — Damon Hill
The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which… — Damon Hill
The downside isn't really injury, fear of injury or the process of fighting back from injury. The downside, the very worst thing in the world,… — Greg Rusedski
The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need… — Greg Rusedski
This team is one execution away from being a very good basketball team. — Doc Rivers
Personally, I don't think there's intelligent life on other planets. Why should other planets be any different from this one? — Bob Monkhouse
I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth." — Quincy Jones
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle. — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Reputation is a reward, to be sure, but it is really the beginning, not the end of endeavor. It should not be the signal for… — Alvan Macauley
The world has been evolved, not created: it has arisen little by little from a small beginning, and has increased through the activity of the… — August Weismann
During cycles long anterior to the creation of the human race, and while the surface of the globe was passing from one condition to another,… — Roderick Murchison
I am above the forest region, amongst grand rocks & such a torrent as you see in Salvator Rosa's paintings vegetation all a scrub of… — Joseph Dalton Hooker
On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak is the only prominent specific… — David Lack
So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and clay: ... that… — Johann Gottfried Herder
The chemical differences among various species and genera of animals and plants are certainly as significant for the history of their origins as the differences… — Ray Lankester

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