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If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.
Mark Spitz
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Mark Spitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 10
Swimmer
Modesto
California
Mark Andrew Spitz
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Do any exercise you want as long as you're willing to do it. You see gym equipment on TV advertisements all the time, but guess what? It's only good if you actually use it.
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Life is everchanging, if you cease to change, you cease to live.
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If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expectation of themselves.
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I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.
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Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching
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My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will
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Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it.
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One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while
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Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.
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By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.
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Everyone loves to be loved.
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Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact.
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There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic
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If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seven, then he becomes the first man on Mars. We'd both be unique.
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I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there
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If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.
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I wasn't able to lower my cholesterol so they put me on a statin drug. It is called lipitor. I was able to lower my level in about 30 days from above 300 to below 200.
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In my day, at 12 years old, which was 38 years ago, we worked out in summer months for two and a half hours. Today someone in that age group might work out for four hours, two hours in the morning and two at night
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(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out.
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If you have a lane, you have a chance.
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