Quotes by Terry Fox - Page 1

Somewhere the hurting must stop.
Terry Fox / Athlete
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Dreams are made possible if you try.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Dream
Made
Trying
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I know that you can do the impossible.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Can Do
Impossible
Knows
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Twenty-six miles is now my daily minimum.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Miles
Minimum
Daily
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I'm not doing the run to become rich or famous.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Running
Become Rich
Rich
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I want to set an example that will never be forgotten.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Example
Forgotten
Want
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I want to try the impossible to show that it can be done.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Done
Trying
Want
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I'm not a dreamer... but I believe in miracles. I have to
Terry Fox / Athlete
Believe
Inspiration
Miracle
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If you’ve given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope .
Terry Fox / Athlete
Dollars
Given
Marathon
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I have a saddened and weakening attitude toward the media and press.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Saddened
Weakening
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Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Ifs
Keep Going
Needs
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I do what I do for the people who believe in me, not for the jerks who don't.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Believe
Jerk
People
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How many people ever get a chance to do something that they really believe in?
Terry Fox / Athlete
Chance
Believe
People
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Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going without me.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Keep Going Me Keep
Need
Me
Continue
Without
Even
Finish
Got
Others
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I remember promising myself that should I live I would prove myself deserving of life.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Prove
Remember
Should
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If I ran to a doctor every time I got a little cyst or abrasion, I'd still be in Nova Scotia.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Nova Scotia
Ran
Doctor
Every Time
Nova
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It’s one thing to run across Canada, but now, people are really going to know what cancer is.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Running
Cancer
People
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I just wish people would realize that anything's possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Dream
Made
People
Thinking
Wish
Anything
Try
Possible
Would
Realize
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I am tired and weary because people are continually forcing me off the road. I was actually honked off once.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Tired
Weary
I Am Me People
Continually
Forcing
Tired I Am Me
Road
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It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Cancer
Helping Others
Self
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If there's a pro-Canadian, or someone who's a real proud Canadian, I am. Nobody in Canada would want a united Canada more than me.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Canada
I Am Me Nobody
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The Cancer Society here in Nova Scotia is doing nothing, and money is being wasted. I would love to get my hands on the people in Halifax.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Nova Scotia
Wasted
Nova
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I don't feel that this is unfair. That's the thing about cancer. I'm not the only one; it happens all the time to people. I'm not special.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Unfair
Time People Feel
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Who would have thought it would be possible to run across Canada on one leg, eh? I wanted to try the impossible and show that it could be done.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Canada
Done
Impossible
Wanted
Across
Show
Run
Possible
Eh
Leg
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I'm not a dreamer, and I'm not saying this will initiate any kind of definitive answer or cure to cancer, but I believe in miracles. I have to.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Believe
Cancer
Miracle
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Even though I'm not running anymore, we still have to try to find a cure for cancer. Other people should go ahead and try to do their own thing now.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Running
Health
Cancer
People Find Own
Ahead
Anymore
Cure
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I loved it. I enjoyed myself so much, and that was what other people couldn't realize. They thought I was going through a nightmare running all day long.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Nightmare
All Day
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The only thing I want to sponsor is cancer, and cancer can be beaten. Not any other product. And I hope nobody tries to use me, because I won't let them.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Beaten
Cancer
Nobody
Product
Sponsor
The Only Thing
Tries
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I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don't. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I've broken my right knee many times and it doesn't hurt a bit.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Artificial
Broken
Broken Heart
Hurt
Sorry
Me Feel Right
Advantages
Bet
Leg
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Our privacy is starting to be invaded and we can't get anything done. I'm happy with the fundraising but upset we don't have time to talk and meet with people.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Fundraising
People
Privacy
Starting
Upset
Time People Happy
Invaded
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When I started this run, I said that if we all gave one dollar, we’d have $22 million for cancer research, and I don’t care man, there’s no reason that isn’t possible. No reason!
Terry Fox / Athlete
Running
Men
Cancer
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When I started this run, I said that if we all gave one dollar, we'd have $22 million for cancer research, and I don't care, man, there's no reason that isn't possible. No reason!
Terry Fox / Athlete
Cancer
Don't Care
No Reason
Research
Run
Possible
Dollar
Gave
Million
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I do have a belief in God, and no matter what happens to me, things are gonna be OK. It doesn't matter whether the tumours have spread or not, because either way, I'm gonna turn out a winner.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Spread
Winner
God Me Way
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One Roman Catholic School I will never forget. They sang a song to receive me. Part of the words were, 'Thank you, Lord, for giving us Terry.' It was beautiful; it really brought tears to my eyes.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Thank You
Catholic
Catholic School
Giving
Lord
Never Forget
Roman Catholic
Song
Tears
Brought
Eyes
Sang
Receive
Roman
Terry
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One thing hurts me. I keep hearing 'Terry Fox.' I'm not doing the run to become rich or famous... To me, being famous is not the idea of the run. The only important part is that cancer can be beaten.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Famous
Beaten
Being Famous
Cancer
Hearing
One Thing
Rich
Me Keep Important
Famous Me Rich
Famous Me Important
Idea
Run
Hurts
Fox
Important Part
Terry
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I've said to people before that I'm going to do my very best to make it, and I'm not going to give up. And that's true. But I might not make it. And if I don't make it, the Marathon of Hope better continue.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Marathon
Might
Said
Continue
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It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I'm finished I'm not going to be on the front page, but I'm going to be just as happy without the publicity.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Finished
Hands
Hurt
People
Publicity
Walk Me People
Autograph
Hurts
Front Page
Grab
Page
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Some people can’t figure out what I’m doing. It’s not a walk-hop, it’s not a trot, it’s running, or as close as I can get to running, and it’s harder than doing it on two legs. It makes me mad when people call this a walk. If I was walking it wouldn’t be anything.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Running
People
Two
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Everybody seems to have given up hope of trying. I haven't. It isn't easy and it isn't supposed to be, but I'm accomplishing something. How many people give up a lot to do something good. I'm sure we would have found a cure for cancer 20 years ago if we had really tried
Terry Fox / Athlete
Cancer
Giving Up
Years
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It snowed all day long, fortunately it didn't stay on the road. It was very, very cold today. Fortunately, the wind was at my back. The terrain was rolly but not big hills. The first miles were like usual tough, but I felt quite good from there till the end of 10 miles.
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Long
Usual
Wind
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Maybe now, instead of being afraid and saying, 'Look how hard Terry tried, and he still got cancer,' instead people will say, 'Look at the effort he put in, and he died of cancer. We're really going to have to try hard in order to beat it - harder than we ever have before.'
Terry Fox / Athlete
Being Afraid
Cancer
Died
Effort
Harder
Look People Will
Beat
Terry
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It was really beautiful. The mayors of Glovertown and Gambo introduced me, and then I talked to the crowd. In fifteen minutes, we raised more than $700 in a town with less than 3,000 people. It was a fantastic feeling and a day I will never forget because I hope it is a start of things to come.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Fantastic
Fifteen
Mayors
Minutes
Never Forget
Raised
Hope Beautiful Me
Fifteen Minutes
Introduced
Talked
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There might have been a thousand people who had a better athletic feat than what I did. So for me, just the fact that they gave Canadian Athlete of the Year - and also, I was voted third in the Male Athlete of the Year - the fact that some people did consider what I did an athletic feat, that really makes me feel good.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Athlete
Feel Good
Thousand
Good Me Better
Good Better Me
Feat
Good Feel Good Me
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The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in the New York Marathon. It was then I decided to meet this new challenge head on and not only overcome my disability, but conquer it in such a way that I could never look back and say it disabled me.
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New York
Basketball
Night
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I don’t feel that this is unfair. That’s the thing about cancer. I’m not the only one, it happens all the time to people. I’m not special. This just intensifies what I did. It gives it more meaning. It’ll inspire more people. I just wish people would realize that anything’s possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try
Terry Fox / Athlete
Dream
Cancer
People
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Maybe that’s why I’ve made it as far as I have – 2,521 miles. If I ran to a doctor every time I got a little cyst or abrasion I’d still be in Nova Scotia. Or else I’d never have started. I’ve seen people in so much pain. The little bit of pain I’m going through is nothing. They can’t shut it off, and I can’t shut down every time I feel a little sore.
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Doctors
Pain
People
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I guess that one of the most important things I've learned is that nothing is ever completely bad. Even cancer. It has made me a better person. It has given me courage and a sense of purpose I never had before. But you don't have to do like I did...wait until you lose a leg or get some awful disease, before you take the time to find out what kind of stuff you're really made of. You can start now. Anybody can.
Terry Fox / Athlete
Cancer
Important
Waiting
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