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Gerald Ford: “You play to win, and that's the only way I know to move ahead, whether you are on the gridiron or whether you are in…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1976
You play to win, and that's the only way I know to move ahead, whether you are on the gridiron or whether you are in classrooms or whether you are in politics or anything else.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks to the University of Michigan Football Team in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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