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Major Taylor Quotes: I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.
         

I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.


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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.

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.



I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.

I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.



Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.

Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.



Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.

Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.



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.

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.



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.

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.



Life is too short for any man to hold bitterness in his heart.

Life is too short for any man to hold bitterness in his heart.



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.

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.



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.

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.



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.

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.





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