Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can.
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Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.'
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The Armstrong Lie
Lance Armstrong
by Alex Gibney from The Armstrong Lie (2013)
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A myth may better be than truth
Stripping Santa Clause of the crown of God
Would scarce him a lesser-loved old man make,
Nor faulting Truth Fairy to face vile fraud,
They are not they are for mere title's sake;
Some myths that motivate, inspiring youths,
Far better be than fire-betested truths.
Armstrong was always strong, doping or not,
He has done to the world a world of good,
Rekindling hearts of those by cancer wrought,
That they fight, life cured of old attitude;
Starved is the world of such role models rare,
O to challenge hard truths with unique dare.
Scarce is the world at war with fairness creams,
Hair transplants, nor cosmetic skin routine—
To look nigh better yon natural means,
Nor is seeding by tube satanic sin;
The world's fine with photo-shopped touch-up look,
Images cooked ere loaded on Facebook.
But a li'le trace of banned drug is too much,
To one not live who'd with crippling crutch.
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Lance Armstrong, the holder of many a cross-country
Cycling world records, who defeated debilitating
fatal disease like cancer with sheer will power to fight
with it, and was an inspiration to thousands of
cancer patients, apart from today's youth in general,
was recently stripped of all his titles in a USADA's
witch hunt.
The poem is set in a peculiar sonnet format into three
Stanzas of six, six, and eight lines, each one a small
Sonnet with a couplet in the end in the form of a volta.
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- Happenings (Satire) | 11.09.12 |
poem by Aniruddha Pathak
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I Promise, I Promise
I promise, I promise
My soul intentions are good
But I'm getting the feeling
I'm being misunderstood
I wear my heart on my sleeve
Like its the new fashion
Rhyme is more than words
They're a passion
Most times, I'm left to wonder
Like the 'Wonder' bread
'Maybe I'm doing the wrong thing..'
'You're my inspiration, ' she said
I'm no inspiration
I am no reward
My words are talk, it's cheap
And it's all I can afford
I'm no inspiration
I'll leave that to Lance
Defeated 3 kinds of cancer
Then won 'Le Tour de France'
I promise, I promise
I can never be that
Never say can't
So i can never be that
'But you're different, you are'
'You don't see that far,
That or you're blind'
Maybe I'm just losing my mind
Mind wishes I can 9 lives
8 would be in the clouds
But I'll have to keep one
And just say, 'I'm proud'
'I searched, I found them'
'What? My words? My talk? '
Well heres another one
No glory, just a gun
I promise, I promise
I live for frustration
Keep giving me my doubt
So I have my inspiration
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The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.
quote by Lance Armstrong
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
quote by Lance Armstrong
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It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.
quote by Lance Armstrong
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Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
quote by Lance Armstrong
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It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.
quote by Lance Armstrong
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Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
quote by Lance Armstrong
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Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.
quote by Lance Armstrong
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I was treated with a miracle drug, just like Lance Armstrong.
quote by Billy Tauzin
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Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.
quote by Lance Armstrong
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He's My Inspiration
Theres so many reasons hes my inspiration,
why hes keeping me in this silly gme.
It's every step he takes,
every song he sings,
thats helping me play.
He's living his dream,
and living the dream I hope to someday fulfill.
He can dance,
and sing.
He can play guitar,
and piano,
and so many other things.
He's a great person,
whos thankful to anyone and everyone who's helped him get this far.
He's had people who've inspired him,
and now he's inspiring me,
and others,
to follow our dreams.
That's what makes him my inspiration.
Maybe one day,
I can be like him,
and sing on stage,
and inspire others,
just like him with me.
poem by Alexandra Mattison
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Lance Armstrong is the guy that I would put up there as one of my heroes. He's done something that no one else has done and when you put into it what he overcame, it's absolutely unbelievable.
quote by Craig T. Nelson
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the big C
those who fear it cannot call it
by its own name
big C for cancer,
but cancer is cancer
no more no less
depends on what stage
then you are taken
as the next
victim by an old
expert culprit
so unforgiving
mercilessly taking the lives
of those
destined to die
cancer is cancer
no more no less
a friend of mine dies
today of cancer of the
liver.
period. I say another prayer.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke.
Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.
quote by Lance Armstrong
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You can't help people that don't want to be helped.
quote by John Armstrong
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If only love could of saved you
If only love could of saved you
If love could of saved you.
You'd still be here today.
Only love never helped
Helped beat the cancer.
Cancer took a hold of you.
My Grandad if only love was a cure.
Love would of saved you if it were a cure.
I miss you so much.
Only your empty chair made it real.
Now your luaghter has gonne.
I only wish love was a cure.
If it were you'd be here.
Only love cant cure all illneeses.
So it wasnt to be.
Amy Kerswell
poem by Amy Louise Kerswell
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