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“Exercise dissipates tension, and tension is the enemy of serenity. I found that I worked better and thought more clearly when I was in good physical condition, and so training became one of the inflexible disciplines of my life.”

— Nelson Mandela

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Title
Wikiquote: Nelson Mandela
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Context

Interview with Gavin Evans, Soweto (15 February 1990) recounted in COVID-19 lockdown: Can you do Nelson Mandela's Robben Island prison cell workout?, 7 April 2020

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Mandela, Nelson. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Nelson Mandela. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

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