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“One moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.”
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“The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
“Yet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It's not so strange. Where there's still life, there's still hope. What happens is up to God.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
“The great commandment is that we preach the gospel to every creature, but neither God nor the Bible says anything about forcing it down people's throats.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
“Someone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track and cried like a baby. We lost gracefully. And when someone won, he didn't act like he'd just become king of the world, either. Athletes in my day were simply humble in our victory.
I believe we were more mature then...Maybe it's because the media puts so much pressure on athletes; maybe it's also the money. In my day we competed for the love of the sport...In my day we patted the guy who beat us on the back, wished him well, and that was it.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
I believe we were more mature then...Maybe it's because the media puts so much pressure on athletes; maybe it's also the money. In my day we competed for the love of the sport...In my day we patted the guy who beat us on the back, wished him well, and that was it.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
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