"Modesty should be typical of the success of…" — Major Taylor
"Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion."
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20 Quotes by Major Taylor
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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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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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Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these…
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More Champion Quotes
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The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think…
— Roger Bannister
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One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the…
— Mortimer Adler
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Feedback is the breakfast of champions.
— Ken Blanchard
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For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a…
— Usain Bolt
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If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.
— Usain Bolt
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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
— Bear Bryant
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We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle.
— Eric Cantona
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But go on, valiant champion; you die not as a fool, though the apostate, unfaithful, and lukewarm ministers and professors…
— Donald Cargill
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I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life…
— Muhammad Ali
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We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.
— Jimmy Carter
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What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind.
— Eldridge Cleaver
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A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.
— Chris Evert
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