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Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.
Mark Spitz
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Mark Spitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 10
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Modesto
California
Mark Andrew Spitz
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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.
Mark Spitz
If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.
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I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.
Mark Spitz
So in my mind I own a lot of house records still
Mark Spitz
I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.
Mark Spitz
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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(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out.
Mark Spitz
The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that.
Mark Spitz
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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If you have a lane, you have a chance.
Mark Spitz
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
Mark Spitz
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.
Mark Spitz
And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high cholesterol.
Mark Spitz
I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician.
Mark Spitz
Life is everchanging, if you cease to change, you cease to live.
Mark Spitz
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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Everyone loves to be loved.
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There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic
Mark Spitz
Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it.
Mark Spitz
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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