Jim Thorpe quotes
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“I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk].”
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“Track and field, because it was something I could do by myself, one-on-one, me against everybody else.”
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“The Yankees, you see, they're a money team, they're the class of baseball. You don't ever bet against that.”
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“I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.”
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“I never was content unless I was trying my skill...or testing my endurance.”
-- Jim Thorpe
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“Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.”
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Source : Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.90, Universities Press
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