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.

Mark Spitz

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I swam my brains out. by Mark Spitz

I swam my brains out.

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I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow,... by Mark Spitz

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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Life is everchanging, if you cease to change, you cease to live. by Mark Spitz

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

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If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail. by Mark Spitz

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

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

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We all love to win, but how many people love to train? by Mark Spitz

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

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It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport.... by Mark Spitz

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

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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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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.

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Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability a... by Mark Spitz

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

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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. by Mark Spitz

Everyone loves to be loved.

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So in my mind I own a lot of house records still by Mark Spitz

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

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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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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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