Louis Zamperini Quotes
I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.
Citations
Zamperini, Louis, and David Rensin. Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II. William Morrow, 2003, p. 119.
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Louis Silvie Zamperini was an American World War II veteran and an Olympic distance runner. He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process.