“All I knew about shot putting was that my brother could do 44 feet … I decided I wanted to beat him.”

— Bruce Bennett

On developing his shot-putting skill, as quoted in "Film Star and Olympian Herman Brix" by Adam Bernstein, in The Washington Post (28 February 2007)
Context: All I knew about shot putting was that my brother could do 44 feet … I decided I wanted to beat him. … So I got a shot and went to work and made up my mind to do 45 feet.

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