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• “ It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice!”
• Barrie McDermott – Leeds and Barrie McDermott – Leeds and Great BritainGreat Britain
• (Advice from his mum)(Advice from his mum)
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• “Doing your best is more important than being the best.”
• Shannon Miller – Shannon Miller – US gold medal gymnast 1996US gold medal gymnast 1996
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• “ Do you know what my favourite part of the game is?
• The opportunity to play.”
• Mike Singletary Mike Singletary American Football starAmerican Football star
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• “Sportsmanship takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow human being.
• Put all these together and even if you don’t win, how can you lose?”
• Jesse OwensJesse OwensWinner of four gold medals at the Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics1936 Olympics
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• “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
• Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela
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• “We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.”
• Helen Keller, a very brave lady Helen Keller, a very brave lady who was deaf and blindwho was deaf and blind
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• “All that is necessary for evil to flourish is that good people do nothing.”
• Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke
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• “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
• Mahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi
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•“Aim high, even if you only hit a cabbage!”
• Tanni Grey Thompson – Tanni Grey Thompson – Paralympic ChampionParalympic Champion
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• “ When the one great scorer, comes to count against your name, he counts not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.”
• Grantland Rice – Grantland Rice – American sports writerAmerican sports writer
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“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
Indira Gandhi – former Prime Indira Gandhi – former Prime Minister of IndiaMinister of India
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• “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”
• Dr Martin Luther Dr Martin Luther King Jr.King Jr.
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• “Do not wait for leadership; do good to each other, person to person.”
• Mother TeresaMother Teresa
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“Friendship is not something you just learn in school. But if you don’t learn the meaning of friendship then you haven’t really learned anything in life.”
Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali
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• “Be kind whenever possible and remember – it is always possible!”
• The Dalai LamaThe Dalai Lama
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• “Coming together is a beginning,
• Keeping together is progress,
• Working together is success.”
• Henry T FordHenry T Ford
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“I have learned that in any great task, it is never enough simply to rely on oneself.”
• Chief Red Cloud of the Chief Red Cloud of the Oglala SiouxOglala Sioux
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• “People who work together will win, whether it be against well organised football defences or against the problems of everyday life.”
• Vince Lombardi – US Football Vince Lombardi – US Football CoachCoach
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• “Knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
• Rosa Parks – the American Rosa Parks – the American civil rights protestorcivil rights protestor
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•“If you can’t accept losing then you can’t win.”
• Vince Lombardi – American Vince Lombardi – American football coachfootball coach
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• “Some see things and say, ‘Why?’
• but I dream things and say, ‘Why not?’”
• George Bernard Shaw – Irish George Bernard Shaw – Irish writerwriter
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• “Alone we can achieve so little.
• Together we can achieve so much.”
• Helen KellerHelen Keller
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• “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”
• Linus Pauling – Scientist Linus Pauling – Scientist and Nobel Prize winnerand Nobel Prize winner
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•“What matters is that you never give up.”
• Stephen Hawking – brilliant scientist Stephen Hawking – brilliant scientist who has overcome disabilitywho has overcome disability
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•“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
• Frederick Douglass – Ex-slave Frederick Douglass – Ex-slave who became a famous American who became a famous American politicianpolitician
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• “Nobody, but nobody, can make it on their own.”
• Maya AngelouMaya Angelou
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•“Nothing will work unless you do.”
• Maya Angelou - writerMaya Angelou - writer
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•“A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
• Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin
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•“The time to do the right thing is now.”
• Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela
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• “Courage is going on when you don’t have the energy to go on.”
• Ellen MacArthur – fastest person Ellen MacArthur – fastest person to sail solo around the worldto sail solo around the world
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• “The future depends on what we do now.”
• Mahatma Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi – great Indian leadergreat Indian leader
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• “ Always have a vivid imagination because you never know when you might need it.”
• J K RowlingJ K Rowling
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• “We are going to chase perfection knowing full well we will not catch it because nothing is perfect. But in chasing it we will catch excellence.”
• Vince Lombardi – American Vince Lombardi – American football coachfootball coach
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• “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”
• Wayne Gretzky – Canadian Wayne Gretzky – Canadian ice hockey player and coachice hockey player and coach
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• “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”Albert Einstein
• Scientist