"I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire……" — Mary Lou Retton
"I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit."
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Mary Lou Retton
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39 Quotes by Mary Lou Retton
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There are so many negatives in our society. To be on the cover of a magazine these days, you have…
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As much time as you put into it, that's what your achievements are going to be when you come out…
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Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit,…
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Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as it is nourished with kindness, sympathy, and understanding.
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Rather then focusing on the obstacle in your path, focus on the bridge over the obstacle.
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There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition.
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For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.
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As a kid, I was a pretty good little sprinter.
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In the dressing room, I always put on my right shoe first. Same thing for my right wristband.
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Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success…
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Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics.
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I cant justify taking money away from hungry kids and needy schools to pay for the Games when corporations are…
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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be…
— Hannah Arendt
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
— Aristotle
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
— Aristotle
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
— Aristotle
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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not…
— Aristotle
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Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
— Richard Bach
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
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I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated…
— Chinua Achebe
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric?…
— Saint Augustine
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— Saint Augustine
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