Terry Fox

"How many people do something they really believe in? I just wish people would realize that anything's possible, if you try: dreams are made, if people try. When I started this run, I said that if we all gave one dollar, we'd have $22 million for cancer research, and I don't care man, there's no reason that isn't possible. No reason. I'd like to see everybody go kind of wild, inspired with the fundraising." Terry Fox on July 10, 1980 after being forced to end his Marathon of Hope cross-Canada run for cancer research because of recurring cancer in his body. Since Fox's death in 1981, the annual Terry Fox Run in Canada has raised more than $550 million.

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