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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.

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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If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.
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Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact.
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