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“It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.”

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I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

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You have to find that love within yourself. If you love yourself, you feel good about yourself, and sports help you feel good about…

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Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason,…

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My life is a blessing every day that I get up. God saved my feet. How am I not going to use them?

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Whenever faced with a challenge, I dig deep within myself and summon my spiritual and physical forces. This gives me the focus, determination, perseverance,…

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I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis…

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I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

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Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My true gold…

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I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their…

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