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I had worked so hard that was my opportunity. And my mom was just able to turn it around for me. She helped me to be able to see the other side of things and that this is not the end for me.

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Allyson Felix
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: November 18
Athletics Competitor
Sprinter
Track And Field Athlete
LA
California
Allyson Michelle Felix
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I think that kids aren't even exploring the option of sports anymore, and they don't even know what they could do.
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I grew up in my mom's third grade classroom and always helping her, and I also got a passion for kids that way.
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Before a race, I block out what's going on in the stadium. It's different for everyone. But for me, I've always been able to block it out. For a sprint race, it's important not to get distracted.
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I feel like I'm always going to be me. It always goes back to being the person that I am. And I hope that will never change.
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I love a great pair of jeans and a nice blouse.
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The pressure is hard. You get - the world is only watching every four years, and I think lots of people feel like they have to win in that time frame.
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I think I'm a person who is proud of my [Christian] faith and where I come from.
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I am a sprinter, and I love to go fast. It's very difficult for me to be patient and follow a race strategy or conserve energy.
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I was a disruptive child.
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I spend around two and half hours on the track every day running and another 2 hours in the weight room lifting weights with my strength coach.
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And as long as I'm passionate about the sport, I'm able to do that and I'm happy, then I would love to do another Olympics. I'm just going to see how I'm feeling.
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Every moment is not great and sometimes those are the moments in which you learn the most.
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I don't have a sprinter's body.
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I know that I wasn't bred to be an Olympian. I didn't start running until high school, and I just stumbled upon to.
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If I wasn't active and involved in different sports and just moving around, I wouldn't have even known that I had the potential to become an Olympian.
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My mom always has this amazing ability to always see the best in a situation.
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I'm an athlete who's very determined and I understand sacrifice.
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It was all kind of a whirlwind at the beginning. I didn't really realize that I had a special gift from God. It was probably towards the end of high school in my senior year when things really started to come together and I realized that I had more potential and that I could do this as a career and that the Olympics were a possibility.
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I'm really laid back but I still like to dress up sometimes.
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What's really heavy on my heart is fighting physical inactivity.
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