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I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years.

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Bruce lives a lie. She is not a lie. I can't do it anymore.
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If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, 'You just blew your entire life.'
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I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
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If I die... I'd be so mad at myself that I didn't explore that side of me.
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The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.
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Fear is part of the process. If you weren't scared, you'd be in trouble.
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