The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.

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Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. – Edwin Markham

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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. —Dale Carnegie

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The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

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Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill

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Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come. — Dwayne Johnson

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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed. — Booker T. Washington

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ― Theodore Roosevelt

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