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Mark Spitz Biography

Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer, nine-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in 7 events. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, an achievement surpassed only by Michael Phelps, who won eight golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Spitz set new world records in all seven events in which he competed in 1972. Spitz holds more medals than any other Jewish athlete in the history of the Olympics.

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

Diet, Dietician, Diets, Qualified, Simply

If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.

Efficiency, Inspirational Life, Race, Subconsciously, Thinking, Thinking About You

Do any exercise you want as long as you're willing to do it. You see gym equipment on TV advertisements all the time, but guess what? It's only good if you actually use it.

Exercise, Guess, Long, Time, Use

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.

Business, Discipline, Kids, Structured, Study, Successful

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

Gets, Traffic, Two, Workout, Workouts, Years

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

Anywhere, Depot, Guarantees, Pay The Price, Sports, Unless

Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact.

Fact, Facts, Known, Unknown

What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.

Perseverance, Proper, Rest, Sports, Successful

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

Love, People, Train, Win, Winning

If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expectation of themselves.

Expectation, Expectations, Nobody, Wake, Wake Up, Want

It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go

Happens, Sport, Sports, Swimming, Trying

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.

Differences, Exercise, Life, Mean, Obviously, People

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

Likelihood, Past, Speaks, Sports, Success, Tremendous

And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high cholesterol.

Effects, High, Lows, Same, Sides, Sports

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

Fail, Inspirational, Motivational, Prepare, Prepared, Sports

If you have a lane, you have a chance.

Chance, Ifs, Lane, Lanes

Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it.

Art, Believe, Intimidation, Speak, Winning

I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.

Concerned, Inspirational, Sports, Swimming, Today, Tomorrow

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.

Break, Demeaning, Michael, Record, Records, Watches

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.

Attitude, Comeback, People, Sports, Toward, Years

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