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Top 20 Major Taylor Quotes (2025 Update)

Major Taylor Quote: “Life is too short for any man to hold bitterness in his heart.”

1. “Life is too short for any man to hold bitterness in his heart.”

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Major Taylor Quote: “In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.”

2. “In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.”

— Major Taylor

Major Taylor Quote: “In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.”

3. “In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.”

— Major Taylor

Major Taylor Quote: “I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.”

4. “I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.”

— Major Taylor

Major Taylor Quote: “Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.”

5. “Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.”

— Major Taylor

Major Taylor Quote: “Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.”

6. “Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.”

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Major Taylor Quote: “The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.”

7. “The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.”

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Major Taylor Quote: “It is my thought that clean living and a strict observance of the golden rule of true sportsmanship are foundation stones without which a championship structure cannot be built.”

8. “It is my thought that clean living and a strict observance of the golden rule of true sportsmanship are foundation stones without which a championship structure cannot be built.”

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Major Taylor Quote: “I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.”

9. “I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.”

— Major Taylor

Major Taylor Quote: “There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.”

10. “There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.”

— Major Taylor

Major Taylor Quote: “I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life.”

11. “I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life.”

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Major Taylor Quote: “I do not believe there is any royal road to success as an athlete any more than there is to others in everyday life.”

12. “I do not believe there is any royal road to success as an athlete any more than there is to others in everyday life.”

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Major Taylor Quote: “As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.”

13. “As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.”

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Major Taylor Quote: “To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.”

14. “To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.”

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Major Taylor Quote: “An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.”

15. “An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.”

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Major Taylor Quote: “Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world’s greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show.”

16. “Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world’s greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show.”

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Major Taylor Quote: “I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.”

17. “I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.”

— Major Taylor

Major Taylor Quote: “Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.”

18. “Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.”

— Major Taylor

Major Taylor Quote: “I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering.”

19. “I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering.”

— Major Taylor

Major Taylor Quote: “I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.”

20. “I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.”

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Major Taylor Quote: “These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.”

21. “These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.”

— Major Taylor

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