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Mark Spitz is a renowned swimmer, born on February 10, 1950. He is best known for winning seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics, making him one of the most successful swimmers in Olympic history.

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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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“(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out.”

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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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“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.”

Ifs Want Should Expectations Mark Wake Up

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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.”

People Trying Mean Differences Exercise Training Performances Extremes Be You

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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.”

Needs Firsts Issues Dues Lifestyle Take Control Health Issues Lifestyle Change

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“I went through a lifestyle change when I dropped 40 pounds. Taking care of my diet was the first thing I did.”

Firsts Care Lifestyle Diets Pounds Lifestyle Change

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“If you have a lane, you have a chance.”

Ifs Chance Lanes

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“I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.”

Inspirational Running Winning Sports Race Plans Athlete Inspirational Running

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“If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.”

“If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.”

Ifs Thinking Race Inspirational Life Percent Efficiency Thinking About You

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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.”

Inspirational Trying I Can Today Sports Effort Goes On Tomorrow Concerned Motivational Sports Swim Swimming Do The Best Swimmer Olympian Olympic Athlete Acumen

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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”

Trying I Can Happens Sports Swimming

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“Swimming isn't everything - winning is.”

Winning Sports Swim Swimming Funny Swimming

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“Life is everchanging, if you cease to change, you cease to live.”

Ifs Life Life Is Cease Live Life

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“The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that.”

Motivational Sports Sides Too Much Effects Shapes Training Workout Side Effects

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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.”

Ifs Feels Sports Sides Effects Lows Symptoms Side Effects Cholesterol High Cholesterol

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“Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact.”

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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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“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.”

Wanted School Opportunity Sports Spring High School Accepted Planning Olympics Dentist Dental

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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.”

People Ifs Years Done Sports Attitude Known Years Ago Comeback

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“I got beat real hard and heavy in the Olympic Games in 1968 by a guy who swam an incredible race one time in his whole life, but he did it right at the right time. I'd like to be that guy now. Maybe that's what I'm going to have to pull out of my hat to make the Olympic team.”

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“I wasn't able to lower my cholesterol so they put me on a statin drug. It is called lipitor. I was able to lower my level in about 30 days from above 300 to below 200.”

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“Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.”

Past Success Speak Sports Ability Amount Performances Likelihood

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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.”

Watches Break Records Demeaning

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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”

Years Two Might Age Today Night Sports Hours Half Morning Four Groups Months Summer Years Ago Work Out Half Hours

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“So in my mind I own a lot of house records still”

Mind Stills House Records

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“One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while”

People World Years Has Beens Sports Difficult Answers Successful Tomorrow Exciting Excuse Clock Difficult Things Adapting

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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”

Want Sports Deals Pay Failing Guarantees Pay The Price

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“There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic”

Years Two Might Caught Coaches Traffic Workout

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“In everyday life there is always manana. There is no urgency”

Everyday Everyday Life Urgency

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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”

Wells Looks May Strong Sports Perspective Gold Coaching Swimming Olympics My Thoughts Medal Prospects Gold Medals

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“My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will”

Loss Forget Losing Olympics

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“When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the moustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it — and everybody was talking about it — that I decided to keep it.”

Talking Decided Intention I Realized Comment Olympics Mustache Shaving Moustache

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“I swam my brains out.”

Brain Olympics Olympics Games

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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.”

Way Firsts Kids Business Study Successful Discipline Gains Doctors Medicine Chess Becoming Successful

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“Life is true to form, records are meant to be broken”

Form Life Is Sports Records Broken Meant To Be Swimmer

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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.”

Believe Art Winning Speak I Believe Winner Intimidation

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“We all love to win, but how many people love to train?”

People Winning Train

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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.”

Sports Attitude Records Terrible Illness Mental Illness Swim Pool Mental Attitude

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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.”

Ifs Men Firsts Would Be Winning Sports Moon Unique Gold Seven Ties Mars

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“Everyone loves to be loved.”

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“I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician.”

Diets Qualified

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About the Author

Born: February 10, 1950
Known for: Swimmer
Quotes: 43

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