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The Reason Sport Is Attractive To Many Of The General Public Is That It's Filled With Reversals. What You Think May Happen Doesn't Happen. A Champion Is Beaten, An Unknown Becomes A Champion.
-Roger Bannister
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The Reason Sport Is Attractive To Many

Roger Bannister
The Reason Sport Is Attractive To Many Of The General Public Is That It's Filled With Reversals. What You Think May Happen Doesn't Happen. A Champion Is Beaten, An Unknown Becomes A Champion.
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