Quang NguyenOrdinary people never win.
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Every day we hear people say, “Everyone should be able to win.” But, as Gandhi so eloquently pointed out, you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. You can take the most ordinary person and give them extraordinary determination, strength of character, and the will to succeed. But it would be foolish to pretend they were winners by definition. Ordinary people are sometimes what make champions great.
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