Rulon Gardner quotes
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“I grew up on a farm and I always learned when you work you go forward, you don't stop and say, well, I'll take a break. You always go forward and get the job done.”
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“In high school, I didn't get the chance to wrestle varsity until my senior year because I had an older brother who was better than me.”
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“How do you beat an individual who hasn't been beaten in 13 years? With the help of others.”
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“We were taught instead of just reading about life we needed to go out and live it.”
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“There is enough reality in my life, so I try not to read things that have too much stress.”
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“Every day I turned a 'you can't' into a 'you can.'”
-- Rulon Gardner
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“You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.”
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“After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.”
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“Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.”
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Source : Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.249, Simon and Schuster
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