Terry Fox Quotes

• I just wish people would realize that anything's possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try.

  Terry Fox

  Dream, Thinking, People

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• I want to try the impossible to show that it can be done.

  Terry Fox

  Trying, Done, Want

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• Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going.

  Terry Fox

  Needs, Ifs, Keep Going

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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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

  Cancer, Helping Others, Self

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I want to set an example that will never be forgotten.

  Terry Fox

  Example, Want, Forgotten

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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

  Cancer, Waiting, Important

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• Dreams are made possible if you try.

  Terry Fox

  Dream, Trying, Made

  "Drayton Casts Its Terry Fox for World Premiere Musical MARATHON OF HOPE". www.broadwayworld.com. October 7, 2016.

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• I'm not a dreamer... but I believe in miracles. I have to

  Terry Fox

  Believe, Inspiration, Miracle

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• If you’ve given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope .

  Terry Fox

  Dollars, Marathon, Given

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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

  Believe, People, Jerk

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• I know that you can do the impossible.

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  Impossible, Knows, Can Do

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• How many people ever get a chance to do something that they really believe in?

  Terry Fox

  Believe, People, Chance

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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.

  Terry Fox

  Basketball, New York, 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

  Dream, Cancer, People

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• I remember promising myself that should I live I would prove myself deserving of life.

  Terry Fox

  Remember, Should, Prove

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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

  Running, Cancer, People

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Somewhere the hurting must stop.

  Terry Fox

  Hurt

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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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

  Broken Heart, Hurt, Sorry

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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

  Running, Cancer, Men

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• I'm not doing the run to become rich or famous.

  Terry Fox

  Running, Rich, Become Rich

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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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

  Running, Cancer, Health

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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

  Giving Up, Cancer, Years

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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

  Cancer, Believe, Miracle

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Terry Fox

  Pain, Doctors, People

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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.

  Terry Fox

  Wind, Long, Usual

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