Mark Spitz Quotes
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If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.
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The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.
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My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will
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So in my mind I own a lot of house records still
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By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.
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We all love to win, but how many people love to train?
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I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities.
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As a kid, chess was the first thing I studied in a structured way that helped me gain the discipline to study medicine and become successful doctor.
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I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.
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In my day, at 12 years old, which was 38 years ago, we worked out in summer months for two and a half hours. Today someone in that age group might work out for four hours, two hours in the morning and two at night
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I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there
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Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it.
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Do any exercise you want as long as you're willing to do it. You see gym equipment on TV advertisements all the time, but guess what? It's only good if you actually use it.
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There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic
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I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician.
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I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.
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What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.
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Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact.
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If you have a lane, you have a chance.
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I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not almost - it is.
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And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high cholesterol.
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There's a difference between over-training and over-exercising. Over-training can be you're trying to do something at high performance, but when you're over-exercising it just means that you don't have a life. And there are obviously people who go to that extreme.
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It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go
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When you need a lifestyle change due to [health issues], a dietary change is usually the first thing you need to take control of.
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If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seven, then he becomes the first man on Mars. We'd both be unique.
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Everyone loves to be loved.
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I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.
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If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expectation of themselves.
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Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching
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I swam my brains out.
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