I know I'm clear in my responsibility in going forward, to tell my story the right way, for me, to keep learning. To do whatever I can to reshape the landscape of how trans issues are viewed, how trans people are treated and then, more broadly, to promote a very simple idea. Accepting people for who they are, accepting people differently.

Bruce Jenner

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A champion plays the game; a spectator observes, criticizes and never really gets to live. A champion knows what he or she wants and goes after it with carefully calculated goals and no-holds-barred action. A spectator feels that his or her life is not their own. They let others dictate their destiny. They become victims of life instead of masters of it.

destiny games play

The most challenging aspect of the decathlon is not the events themselves, but how you train to become the best 100-meter runner you are on the same day that you're the best 1,500-meter runner.

training events challenges

First of all, I try to be a positive role model. by Bruce Jenner

First of all, I try to be a positive role model.

role-models roles trying

I still have nightmares about taking tests. by Bruce Jenner

I still have nightmares about taking tests.

nightmare tests stills

Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it.

ice-cream sports country

Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned... by Bruce Jenner

Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned proud of it.

performances proud sports

I am not gay. I am, as far as I know, heterosexual. I've never be... by Bruce Jenner

I am not gay. I am, as far as I know, heterosexual. I've never been with a guy.

What I'm doing is going to do some good and we're going to change... by Bruce Jenner

What I'm doing is going to do some good and we're going to change the world.

changing-the-world world

I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even... by Bruce Jenner

I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.

dyslexia growing-up sports

I'm saying goodbye to people's perception of me and who I am, I'm not saying goodbye to me, because this has always been me.

who-i-am goodbye people

It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of paper was hard for me. Many people think dyslexic people see things backwards. They don't see things backwards.

simple kids thinking

We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a youn... by Bruce Jenner

We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.

sports kids school

The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.

perception sports kids

I'm the type of guy who fails and fails and fails, and then, as if failure has become sick of him, succeeds.

succeed sick guy

If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit in the wire that goes between the eye and the brain. Reading is not a fluid process.

eye reading sports

I trained hard, I competed hard and for that people respected me but this transition has been harder on me than anything I could have imagined and that's the case for so many others besides me, for that reason alone trans people deserve something vital. They deserve your respect.

Bruce always had to tell a lie, caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. As soon as the Vanity Fair cover comes out, I'm free.

As of now, I have all the male parts. by Bruce Jenner

As of now, I have all the male parts.

I feel like I am getting an upgraded version of my dad. by Bruce Jenner

I feel like I am getting an upgraded version of my dad.

I had the story. by Bruce Jenner

I had the story.