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

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

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If you are relaxing and subco...

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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(American swimmer, 1972 Summe...

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

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As a kid, chess was the first...

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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There are times I might coach...

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

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There's a difference between ...

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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So in my mind I own a lot of ...

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

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When I went to the Olympics, ...

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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One of the most difficult thi...

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

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When you need a lifestyle cha...

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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I'm at the depot, and I'm not...

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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I went through a lifestyle ch...

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

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Life is everchanging, if you ...

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

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I am going to sit there and w...

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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My biggest loss was the Olymp...

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

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In everyday life there is alw...

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

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I got beat real hard and heav...

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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By making a comeback, I'm chan...

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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The pool is terrible, but that...

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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One of the most difficult thin...

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.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....