If you only do what others have already done, you will only feel what others have already felt. However, if you choose to achieve something that no one has ever done, then you will have a satisfaction that no one else has ever had.

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"Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain."

- Edmund Hillary

Belief

"I did have my moments of despair. It was certainly not — it’s not an experience I would like to have again. And then June came along."

- Edmund Hillary

Hope

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

- Edmund Hillary

Personal Growth

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."

- Edmund Hillary

Personal Growth

"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

- Edmund Hillary

Personal Growth

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"The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking."

- Mia Hamm

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"Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision."

- Muhammad Ali

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"A bodybuilder is a sculptor who carries with him his own material."

- Serge Nubret

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"Big battles bring sweet victories."

- Unknown

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"Champions keep playing until they get it right."

- Billie Jean King

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