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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.
Mark Spitz
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Mark Spitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 10
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California
Mark Andrew Spitz
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(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out.
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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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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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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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I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician.
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So in my mind I own a lot of house records still
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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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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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Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact.
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I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.
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Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.
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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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There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic
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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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I got beat real hard and heavy in the Olympic Games in 1968 by a guy who swam an incredible race one time in his whole life, but he did it right at the right time. I'd like to be that guy now. Maybe that's what I'm going to have to pull out of my hat to make the Olympic team.
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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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If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.
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If you have a lane, you have a chance.
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As a kid, chess was the first thing I studied in a structured way that helped me gain the discipline to study medicine and become successful doctor.
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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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