Rahul Dravid
India Test and one-day international cricketer, 1996–2012; later India head coach
One of the things, Bradman said has stayed in my mind. That the finest of athletes had, along with skill, a few more essential qualities: to conduct their life with dignity, with integrity, with courage and modesty. All this he believed, were totally compatible with pride, ambition, determination and competitiveness. Maybe those words should be put up in cricket dressing rooms all over the world.
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Bradman Oration, Anzac Hall, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ESPNcricinfo, 14 December 2011
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Abby Wambach
United States international footballer, 2001–2015
GIVE ME THE RESPECT I'VE EARNED AND GIVE IT TO MY WOLF PACK TOO.
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Barnard College commencement address, Radio City Music Hall, New York, Speakola, 16 May 2018
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Siya Kolisi
South Africa international rugby union flanker and captain
To be remembered for all the things that you do and as someone who makes people smile, touches people's lives – that is what should wake you up every single morning.
We know there are over 380,000 children across the UK today that have never owned a book, children that are in vulnerable environments. That has to change. My books are, and always will be, for every child, even if I have to deliver them myself. We will reach them.
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Statement on the launch of the Marcus Rashford Book Club, Sky Sports, 16 November 2020
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