Top 26 Rafer Johnson Quotes
#1. I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.
Rafer Johnson
#2. The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.
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#3. I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final.
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#4. The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.
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#6. Weren't you the guy who said he'd settle for one woman when hell froze over?"
"I did say that, didn't I?"
"Yeah, a bunch of times," Gavin's smile faded.
Sara Humphreys
#7. I also meet with city officials, representatives from governors' offices, really anyone in that sort of position who has shown an interest in youth fitness, to let them know why this sort of program is so important. I give the same message when I speak at conferences.
Rafer Johnson
#8. It's interesting because when you're in a show for a year, your life really isn't your own for that whole period.
James Snyder
#10. Only when someone else sees worth in me does he condescend to do the same.
Victoria Aveyard
#11. It pulsed under the lights of the dance floor like a separate, disembodied heart.
Cassandra Clare
#12. So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey program lets them do it on such a larger scale, with the regional and national competitions.
Rafer Johnson
#13. It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round.
Rafer Johnson
#14. Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train.
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#15. Tonight I'm going to shower and then just walk for about four hours and look at the moon.
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#16. A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.
Robert Henri
#17. I just ... wanted to help her. I wanted to return her stuff and give her a ride home so I'd know she was safe. I just wanted her safe. And happy.
S.C. Stephens
#18. It is the only thing we can do. ... Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others. And remember that every atom of hate added to this world makes it still more inhospitable. - ETTY HILLESUM29
Matthieu Ricard
#19. God gave you two hands one belongs to you and the other to your fellow man.
Auliq Ice
#20. What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.
Rafer Johnson
#21. Know that in this world there's somebody who will always love you.
Junot Diaz
#22. From the very start in 1969, I wanted to be a part of helping our Special Olympics athletes succeed. I wanted to be on Eunice Shirver's team as another set of eyes, another set of hands and a heart working to be there for them, finding a way to help them be the best they can be.
Rafer Johnson
#23. I meant fact," Holden went on as if he hadn't heard Alex at all. "I thought if you told people facts, they'd draw their conclusions, and because the facts were true, the conclusions mostly would be too. But we don't run on facts. We run on stories about things. About
James S.A. Corey
#24. I am waiting for the war to be fought
which will make the world safe for anarchy
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
#25. Looks like macho boy's cool just melted like a Slush Puppie in August.
Darynda Jones
