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Grit can't be measured on pop quizzes, but it can often predict long-term success more than mere intelligence.


Laura Moser

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CAN KARACA They must be all dead, if there is anybody else in those holds.
CAN KARACA There is little hope to find them alive.
CAN KARACA Bi sen eksiktin ayışığı
Gümüş bir tüy dikmek için manzaraya!
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SLOAN WILSON You can be all that you want to be.
Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams.
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LAURA TROTT The best way for women to get into cycling is to go out in a group, to feel like you're part of ...
LAURA TROTT My mum was my inspiration. As cliche as that sounds, she was the reason that we started. She chose c...
LAURA TROTT I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
LAURA TROTT I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium ...
LAURA TROTT It's nice to actually look done-up, because people see a different side of me, the more girly si...
LAURA TROTT I think when I first started cycling, it wasn't that popular with kids. I felt almost embarrasse...
LAURA TROTT It's all well and good having a women's Tour de France - which I think we need and I think w...
LAURA TROTT I am very superstitious. I trod on a wet towel before winning the Junior World Championships, and no...
LAURA TROTT I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it...
LAURA TROTT Cycling has never felt like a job. To get paid for something that you absolutely love is amazing. I ...
LAURA TROTT I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remembe...
LAURA TROTT I can get really nervous before a race. People will think this is mad, but sometimes I have got to t...
LAURA TROTT I get asked to comment a lot on inequality in cycling, but for me it has never been an issue. Everyt...
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