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"If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored."

"Talent can be a nice thing to have sometimes. You look good, attract attention, and if you're lucky, you make some money. Women flock to you. In that sense, having talent's preferable to having none. But talent only functions when it's supported by a tough, unyielding physical and mental focus. All it takes is one screw in your brain to come loose and fall off, or some connection in your body to break down, and your concentration vanishes, like the dew at dawn. If talent's the foundation you rely on, and yet it's so unreliable that you have no idea what's going to happen to it the next minute, what meaning does it have?"

"A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate."

"Talent is its own expectation, Jim: you either live up to it or it waves a hankie, receding forever."
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"The ability to mingle with so many countries and cultures is extremely valuable for men and women."

"Realize that from the start, every activity that comprises the journey has value and the ability to teach you something."

"There is no one magic move or secret that creates victory, but lots of little items that when added together can make you victorious."

"Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions of legions of people who might not be Olympians."

"My family knew, but most of the sporting world did not realize that my right hand been some 75% paralyzed."

"I have read many studies out of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and they demonstrated that Vitamin E, Co-Q-10, and Fish Oil could protect the immune system of athletes and prevent disease."

"When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team."
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