Svetlana Khorkina quotes
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“This is how [the] sport has contributed to my personality, toughness and discipline. I have a plan, and I work on it. I was going to add [the] before the word sport since I thought was either a typo or a problem translating what she said, but then I thought it made sense without it too , so I left it as is. Just know that that's not a typo on my part.”
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“I'm very easy to see on the podium because everyone else is small!”
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“I knew well in advance even before I stepped on the stage for my first event that I was going to lose.”
-- Svetlana KhorkinaSource : "Khorkina lashes judges as cheats". www.theguardian.com. August 22, 2004.
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“It should be judged primarily on grace, elegance and beauty rather than simply on mechanic tumbling.”
-- Svetlana KhorkinaSource : "Khorkina lashes judges as cheats", www.theguardian.com. August 22, 2004.
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“Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ.”
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“I learned Tae Kwon Do and gymnastics and I have a trainer.”
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“Set your goals, follow your dreams, listen to your heart and don't let anything stand in your way.”
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“Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'”
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Source : Alan Keyes' Speech at the California Republican Party Convention in Sacramento, California, www.keyesarchives.com. February 27, 1999.
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