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I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician.

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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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I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.
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In everyday life there is always manana. There is no urgency
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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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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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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 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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Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact.
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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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The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that.
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Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.
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If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.
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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.
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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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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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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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So in my mind I own a lot of house records still
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My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will
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If you have a lane, you have a chance.
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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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