Bill Bowerman Quotes
The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart.

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I believed I was invincible.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
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It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.
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Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.
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I played cello in my high school orchestra.
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The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
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I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.
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Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
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I pity Americans for their very bad fruits. Your 'mango' is cucumber. The only thing I really miss about Egypt is mangoes.
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With 'Nip/Tuck,' I had never even done anything before I got on that show. They created that character for me. I was reading for something else.
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When I do music, I don't feel like it's competition. Then again, it kinda is, but I don't like thinking like that. And I don't understand why they do that to women and, especially, women in hip-hop.
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The cross is the surest, truest and deepest window on the very heart and character of the living and loving God.
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Only the heart knows how to find what is precious.
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The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart.