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"First of all, I try to be a positive role model."
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"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."
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"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."
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"To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice."
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"Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice."
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"Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive."
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"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
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"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer."
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"If we live in the moment every misery shall fade."
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"If we do right, we shall rejoice."
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"I try to give positive energy in all my shows."
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"If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?"
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"Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned proud of it."
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"Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it."
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"It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of paper was hard for me. Many people think dyslexic people see things backwards. They don't see things backwards."
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"I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years."
Career
"I still have nightmares about taking tests."
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"If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach."
Exercise
"I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy."
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"If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work."
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"When the time comes for your brain to process the information, the second word comes up faster than the first one. So when it's in your head, all of a sudden, it comes out backwards and you think of the word backwards."
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