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“I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.” quote by Mark Spitz — Download Open image

“I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.”

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

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

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

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

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If you have a lane, you have a 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.

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

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

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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…

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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.

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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 six individual…

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