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Perseverance Quotes
I couldn't do it. I got halfway up the incline, and I lost my breath. My bike wobbled beneath me, and I stopped, and put my feet down on the pavement. I felt faint. […] After a few minutes, I gra...
Competition Quotes
The fact that Avner came to hold this belief did no mean that he would brood, sulk, or feel ill done by. On the contrary. It meant only one thing. He would compete. He would beat the Galicianers at...
Strength and Skill Quotes
"Jesse, just do what you always do," she said to him in their bedroom on their final night together. "You know you're better than anyone else. Just stay healthy and everything will work out." (Triu...