Gino Bartali quotes
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“Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket.”
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“Everyone in their life has his own particular way of expressing life's purpose - the lawyer his eloquence, the painter his palette, and the man of letters his pen from which the quick words of his story flow. I have my bicycle.”
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“Real heroes are others, those who have suffered in their soul, in their heart, in their spirit, in their mind, for their loved ones. Those are the real heroes. Im just a cyclist.”
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“Coppi? Is he the one we followed in the Giro del Piemonte? The guy who is as skinny as an asparagus? He doesn't lack courage, I'll give you that, but I think he's kind of fragile.”
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“Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.”
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“Get that strait jacket that Heidenreich had and put it on Lita!”
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“I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat.”
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“Start the week with a striking indigo skirt paired with an embroidered suede moto jacket.”
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“Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts.”
Source : "The Olympics - Where Are They Headed?". Awake! Magazine, February 8, 1977.
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