I had to tell Dad, 'It will be okay and be positive; keep praying and have faith'. I have always known about cancer, but to be around someone who has it and to see what it does in such a short space of time was hard. It makes you think about your life, about what is important.
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When I get up in the morning, I look forward to the games and I'm just buzzing. At the end of th... JERMAIN DEFOE I pray every day. In the mornings and, before I go to bed. I think it's important to pray not ju... JERMAIN DEFOE I don't do chat-up lines. Girls often tell me I'm cheeky. Being cheeky seems to work OK for ... JERMAIN DEFOE You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelon... JERMAIN DEFOE I don't go out drinking and stuff like that. My friends say 'Just have one drink, JD.' I... JERMAIN DEFOE When you play with good players, they will always create chances for the forwards to score. JERMAIN DEFOE I don't feel like I'm getting older. I think it's the way I've looked after myself. ... JERMAIN DEFOE I think my faith is important. Being young as well, sometimes it's difficult, but I've got a... JERMAIN DEFOE People know what they're getting with me. It's part and parcel of football that people want ... JERMAIN DEFOE I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be ... JERMAIN DEFOE I don't think I could ever describe myself as unlucky because people would look at me, playing f... JERMAIN DEFOE If I ever score against Spurs, I won't celebrate. Even if it's the best goal in the world, I... JERMAIN DEFOE In softball we always preach and preach to pitchers that the mark of a good pitcher is to win when y... TIM JERMAIN He's just an all around dirty fighter. I can't stress that enough, he's just dirty. He's always been... JERMAIN TAYLOR I don't know if it's his age, ... I think it's his skills, period. He has nothing left. JERMAIN TAYLOR It's just going to be easier. JERMAIN TAYLOR That fight was way too close for comfort, JERMAIN TAYLOR Did I rob him (in the July 16 bout)? I got nothing to do with the judges. JERMAIN TAYLOR [When FightNews asked what's after Hopkins, Taylor replied,] Anyone who steps up, it don't make a di... JERMAIN TAYLOR I don't have to have a knockout. I just need to win this fight and leave no doubts in the minds of m... JERMAIN TAYLOR An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch. DANIEL DEFOE Necessity makes an honest man a knave. DANIEL DEFOE All men would be tyrants if they could. DANIEL DEFOE Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could. DANIEL DEFOE He that is rich is wise. DANIEL DEFOE Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination. DANIEL DEFOE 'Tis no sin to cheat the devil. DANIEL DEFOE I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a ci... DANIEL DEFOE The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late. DANIEL DEFOE In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled. DANIEL DEFOE It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of ... DANIEL DEFOE As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. DANIEL DEFOE It is better to have a lion at the head of an army od sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of ... DANIEL DEFOE The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will ... DANIEL DEFOE Pride the first peer and president of hell. DANIEL DEFOE Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay. DANIEL DEFOE Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes. DANIEL DEFOE Great families of yesterday we show,
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