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An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.
~ Major Taylor
Ability
Athlete
Champions
Clean
Live
Lives
Many
Must
Never
Obvious
Reach
Reasons
Top
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Will
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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.
~ Major Taylor
Able
Been
Careers
Clean
Clean Living
Exertion
Extended
Good
Good Habits
Great
Habits
Living
Many
Most
Over
Period
Physical
Remarkable
Reward
Rigorous
Stamina
Stars
Strenuous
Successfully
Test
Thus
Withstand
Years
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Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show.
~ Major Taylor
Athletes
Cardinal
Characters
Clean
Clean Living
Greatest
Lives
Living
Obviously
Outstanding
Performance
Phenomenal
Principle
Show
Will
World
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Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.
~ Major Taylor
Athlete
Bow
Champion
Day
Each
Even
Eventually
Father
Father Time
Great
Must
Old
Perennial
Some
Time
Wins
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I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life.
~ Major Taylor
Almost
Confront
Deep
Deep Feeling
Every
Express
Feeling
Hardly
I Can
Knowing
Life
Many
Obstacles
Serious
Sympathy
Them
Walk
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I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering.
~ Major Taylor
Ability
After
Also
Always
Best
Confidence
Defeated
Doing
Gathering
Had
His
Level
Noticed
Received
Rider
Who
Win
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I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.
~ Major Taylor
Always
Benefit
Bicycle
Champions
Discourage
Entertained
Experience
Give
Good
However
Impressed
Know
Longer
Made
Many
Me
More
Never
Point
Racing
Reign
Theory
Thought
Would
Youngsters
Youths
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
~ Major Taylor
After
Best
Book
Discussing
Done
Experiences
Extent
Go
Great
How
Length
Might
My Own
Obstacles
Overcome
Own
Said
Show
Some
Subject
Them
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Written
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I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.
~ Major Taylor
Achieve
Carry
Courage
Dreadful
Fortitude
Monster
Patience
Perseverance
Pray
Prejudice
Spite
Success
Themselves
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I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.
~ Major Taylor
Advise
Aspiring
Athletic
Career
Clean
Clean Living
Fair
Fair Play
Fame
Good
Living
Play
Practice
Professional
Professional Career
Sportsmanship
Would
Youths
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I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.
~ Major Taylor
Athlete
Champion
Cite
Clean
Clean Living
Coupled
Go
Inspiration
Instance
Like
Living
Long
Long Way
Making
Part
Proves
Received
Way
Which
Would
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In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.
~ Major Taylor
Blaze
Had
My Own
Own
Pioneer
Therefore
Trail
Word
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In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.
~ Major Taylor
Also
Among
Class
Closest
Closest Friends
Closing
Countless
Days
Enjoyed
Friends
Friendship
I Wish
Men
Number
Racing
Riders
Say
Thousands
While
White
Whom
Wish
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
~ Major Taylor
Champion
Modesty
Should
Success
Typical
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Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
~ Major Taylor
Belief
Champion
Condition
Confidence
Essential
Factors
Fine
Full
However
Make
Realizing
Themselves
Well
Will
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The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.
~ Major Taylor
Any
Appears
Boy
Center
Concentrate
Enough
Failure
Long
Maximum
Moral
Objective
Obtain
Particular
Results
Today
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There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.
~ Major Taylor
Against
Always
Battle
Because
Color
Dreadful
Extra
Monster
Prejudice
Will
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
~ Major Taylor
Adhere
Attained
Carried
Could
Courage
Enough
Great
Greater
Lead
May
Morale
Otherwise
Out
Physical
Physical Courage
Require
Rules
Seem
Sense
Simple
Strict
Success
Surely
Than
Them
Will
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
~ Major Taylor
Attribute
Bicycle
Degree
Ideals
Instilled
Large
Me
Mine
Success
Tracks
Were
Which
World
Youth
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