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"Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside."
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"The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal."
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"You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful."
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"As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient."
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"I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold."
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"I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch."
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"Frank Marth also played many characters with us, and like George Petrie, he was worth his weight in gold."
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"Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that streak of gold that I could hold on to."
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"I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal."
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"Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity."
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"I wasn't losing my focus but I was getting tired of focusing. What I was focusing on was becoming too routine, too ritual, not something that was interesting, new and exciting."
Focus

"The whole image thing gets in the way. Then there are the guys that it excites them and it's what draws them to me. But I don't know whether they would care for me if I didn't have this image."
Care

"I'm hoping that maybe everyone on the Olympic team thinks that I'm worthy to carry the flag. That's my next goal, to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies, if everyone chooses me."
Goal

"There were mornings when I just didn't want to get out of bed. But once again, I'm in an adverse situation and having to deal with something new and learn how to do it."
Adaptability

"Nobody needs to prove to anybody what they're worthy of, just the person that they look at in the mirror. That's the only person you need to answer to."
Needs

"I have my gold forever and no one can ever take it away from me."
Gold

"I've made a promise to myself to be a 100% healthy person if nothing else."
Nothing

"Every once in a while I run the Olympic downhill in Japan in my head. I think of how the energy is going to flow and then I make it all work for myself."
Work

"I want kids to have a chance to dream of becoming something like I did in my life, and when you're living in a home that's dysfunctional and unhealthy that way, you don't dream like that."
Home

"I get my inspiration from everyone when I need it and how I need it."
Inspirational
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