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Sporting Hero Quotes

Some quotes about heroes, though not all of the sporting variety. A hero for the community can also come from the Arts and Science, and probably should do so more often.

base jumping"The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example"
Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister

"Tell me your heroes and I'll tell you how your life will end up"
Warren Buffet, U.S. investor, businessman, and philanthropist

"The hero shows us what we ought to be, and we make him a hero because we wish to be what he is"
Richard C. Crepeau, Sport, Heroes and Myth, Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Vol. 5, No. 1, 23-31 (1981)

"The world needs heroes and it's better they be harmless men like me than villains like Hitler"
Albert Einstein, scientist

"Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day"
Ray Bradbury, author

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