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"For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed."
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"Then, without postponing anything, build a structure that will allow you to transform this vision into reality."

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"Don't expect others to hand success to you. Create it - with heart, energy and enterprise - and you'll make it come true."

"With persistent focus and determined spirit, you can achieve the God-given goals."

"In our natural world, it is the strongest of the species that claim their space, seek out new territories, explore their surroundings, and learn how to survive and thrive. It is those same qualities that enable us to apply confidence and command to transcend the mediocre and achieve outstanding results."

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"I usually don't mind giving autographs, but when hundreds of folks with paper and pen start coming at you, it's time to seek shelter."

"For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed."

"As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given."

"In the dressing room, I always put on my right shoe first. Same thing for my right wristband."

"You give up your childhood. You miss proms and games and high-school events, and people say it's awful... I say it was a good trade. You miss something but I think I gained more than I lost."

"It's going to be really weird when I'm 80 years old, in a walker, and people are still calling me America's sweetheart. We need a new one."
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