Time & hindsight

What is something you were told by a parent, teacher, or mentor that you still repeat to yourself?

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Tenley Albright Surgeon; Olympic figure-skating champion, 1956
And I said, “You know, it does sound silly, and it does sound as if I’m doing it just for my own fun.” And she said, “You have an obligation to do the best you can with whatever you’ve got. And if you like to do a sport, and you can do part of it well, that’s a way of expressing what God gave you.”
Recorded Academy of Achievement recorded interview, American Academy of Achievement, 21 June 1991 source ↗

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