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March
25, 2002:
"I
tell them that the most important aspect is to be
yourself and have confidence in yourself...I remind
them the triumph can't be had without the struggle."
Wilma Rudolph's comments about what she tells
the young athletes served by the Wilma Rudolph Foundation.
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March
18, 2002:
"How
do I love thee? Let me count the ways."
-- Opening line to the poem, How Do I Love Thee?
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861).
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March
11, 2002:
 "With
malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness
in the right, as God gives us to see the right,
let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to
bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who
shall have borne the battle, and for his widow,
and his orphan -- to do all which may achieve and
cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves,
and with all nations." --
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address on March
4, 1865.
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February
25, 2002:
"The
most important thing in the Olympic Games is not
to win but to take part, just as the most important
thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
The essential thing is not to have conquered but
to have fought well."
-- Olympic Creed.
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February
18, 2002:
 "Liberty,
when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid
growth." -- George Washington wrote in a
letter to James Madison on March 2, 1788.
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February
11, 2002:
 "Opportunity
is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas
Alva Edison.
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February
4, 2002:
"In the name of all competitors,
I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic
Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that
govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship,
for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams."
-- The Olympic Oath.
This oath is taken
by an athlete or athletes from the host nation spoken
in the native language at the Opening Ceremonies.
The athlete holds a corner of the Olympic Flag in
his or her left hand and raises his or her right
hand while the flag bearers of the other nations
stand in a semi circle.
The Olympic Oath was
written by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder
of the Modern Olympic Movement. It was first recited
at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. The
phrase, "committing ourselves to a sport without
doping and without drugs," was added to the Olympic
Oath at the 2000 Sydney Games.
On behalf of all the
judges, a judge from the host country takes the
judge's oath stating, "In the name of all the judges
and officials, I promise that we shall officiate
in these Olympic Games with complete impartiality,
respecting and abiding by the rules which govern
them in the true spirit of sportsmanship."
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January
28, 2002:
 "Let
every nation know, whether it wishes us well or
ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden,
meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any
foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address on
January 20, 1961.
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January 21, 2002:
 "...And
I have seen the promised land. I may not get there
with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we,
as a people will get to the promised land..."
- Martin Luther King, Jr. in his "I've Been To The
Mountaintop" speech given on April 3, 1968. King
was assassinated the next day while standing on
the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
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January 14, 2002:
 "There
never was a good war or a bad peace." --
Ben Franklin wrote in a letter to Josiah Qunicy
on September 11, 1783.
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