How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
Natalie Clifford Barney
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“It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking.”
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