Bob Beamon quotes

Bob Beamon quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.”
-- Bob Beamon

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“In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for.”
-- Bob Beamon

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“I was lucky. My grandmother stepped up for me and said she would take responsibility for me and a compassionate juvenile judge took a chance and gave me one. They were getting ready to send me away to do real time, but they sent me instead to a juvenile alternative day school. And I guess that was the beginning of my turnaround.”
-- Bob Beamon

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“Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.”
-- Bob Beamon

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“If my dreams can happen to me, your dreams can happen to you. Champions are not made on the track or field; champions are made by the things you accomplish and the way you use your abilities in everyday life situations.”
-- Bob Beamon

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