Men of success meet with tragedy. It was the will of God that I won the Olympics, and it was the will of God that I met with my accident.
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Abebe Bikila3 quotes“Men of success meet with tragedy. It was the will of God that I won the Olympics, and it was the will of God that I met with my accident.”
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