Cuba Quotes

Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.
I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we should send somebody to inspect and to make sure the athletes will be looked after in a correct manner.
I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school.
I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of.
I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport.
If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out.
In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport.
My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support of the entire Cuban society, to carry my flag in whatever competition I was in, the Olympic Games, Pan-American Games.
The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.
Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.
We are just not made up to be middle distance runners.
We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way.
We need to be aware of all aspects: To check how they travel, how they eat, the competition conditions.
We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over.
We want to promote the great qualities of athletics - and maintain its integrity - all over the world.
I still forgive him, because by doing what he did, he made it famous.
The beauty of women was the first expression of my photography.
An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding.
Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.
I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.
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Abe Lemons
Profession
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BirthDate
21 November, 1922
DeathDate
02 September, 2002
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