"In a word I was a pioneer, and……" — Major Taylor
"In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail."
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Major Taylor
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20 Quotes by Major Taylor
Major Taylor has 20 quotes on this site.
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I do not believe there is any royal road to success as an athlete any more than there is to…
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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous…
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
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Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however,…
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I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance…
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There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.
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I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete…
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An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean…
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I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level…
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But…
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In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my…
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the…
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More Blaze Quotes
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For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to…
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When the race is ended, and the play is either won or lost, and ye are in the utmost circle…
— Samuel Rutherford
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What a glorious title, Nature, a veritable stroke of genius to have hit upon. It is more than a cosmos,…
— James Joseph Sylvester
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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic…
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Yearning for Allah and His meeting is like the gentle breeze blowing upon the heart, extinguishing the blaze of the…
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If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim…
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What better way to die? It's fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory.
— James Dean
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We shall have made such a blaze that men will remember us on the other side or the dark.
— Rosemary Sutcliff
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Blaze with the fire that is never extinguished.
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