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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Equality Learning Life Sports Yourself
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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Competition Play Rival Yourself
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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Challenge Fear Lose Time Win Yourself
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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Brave Generosity Kindness Price Service True
If I don’t ask “Why me?” after my victories, I cannot ask “Why me?” after my setbacks and disasters.
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Failure Inspirational Myself Personality Success Victory
Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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Education Library Myself Study Time
Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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Beautiful Defeat Game Lost Play Satisfaction Victory Win Yourself
This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.
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Achievement Career Sports
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Decision Person Slow Wisdom
Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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Death Feeling Myself Sorry
There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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Funny Sick Sports
You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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Important Inspirational Life Lose Motivation Win Yourself
If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Appearance Mean Myself Oneself Reputation Respect
Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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Democracy Play Politics Sports Thinking
Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Control Defeat Failure Lose
When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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Deep Education Mindset Pay Price Sports Young

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