"People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world."

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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

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"People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world."

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"You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable."

"I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it."

"My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000."

"I'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly."

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