When I come to this school, I told to myself: this my near future, all starts here.

当我来到这所学校，我告诉我自己：我不久的将来，一切从这里开始。

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I have to take a grip on myself, he told himself firmly.

我一定要控制住自己的情绪，他坚定地对自己说。

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I told myself not to be so jumpy.

我告诉自己别那么坐立不安。

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The bumps and hollows, the scary reads -- we had them all and very early on I told myself to enjoy the experience, because this was not about the score, it was something to be savored.

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"I went 4-2 down and told myself I had nothing to lose, " said Fordham.

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Before I began the journey that ultimately took me to China, I told myself that no matter how difficult it might become, there was no turning back.

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