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If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard.

Jesse Owens, American Olympic gold medallist for track and field (1913–1980)

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The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won but to have fought well.

[Speech in London, 1908]

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the International Olympic Committee (1863–1937)

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Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize.

The Bible

Corinthians 9:24

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Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

The Sunday Times (1994)

Damon Hill, British Formula One world champion (1960–)

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When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were — to the very last minute — a chance to lose it.

[The President’s News Conference, 1956]

Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th president of the US (1890–1969)