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Mark Spitz

(1950) Swimmer United States

46 quotes in 271 categories

Mark Spitz is a swimmer from the United States, best known for Making Waves.

Quick Facts About Mark Spitz

Born: February 10, 1950
Nationality: United States
Profession: Swimmer
Notable works: Making Waves

About Mark Spitz

Mark Andrew Spitz is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time. This achievement set a record that lasted for 36 years, until it was surpassed by fellow American Michael Phelps, who won eight golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Phelps, like Spitz, set seven world records.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Associated Press Athlete of the Year International Swimming Hall of Fame

Quotes by Mark Spitz

As a kid, chess was the first thing I studied in a structured way that helped me gain the discipline to study…

Becoming successful

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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…

Adapting

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

Ability

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

Broken

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

Qualified

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If you have a lane, you have a chance.

Chance

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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.

Efficiency

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

Race

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

Day life

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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…

Cholesterol

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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.

Concerned

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All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim…

All things

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

Forget

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Swimming isn't everything, winning is.

Success

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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…

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…

Firsts

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Everyone loves to be loved.

Love

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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…

Comment

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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…

Deals

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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.

Art

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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…

Coaching

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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…

Break

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

Inspirational

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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…

Able

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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…

Change

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