I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

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But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.

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The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.

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My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.

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By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.

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Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.

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The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

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I don't consciously try to be a role model, so I don't know if I am or not. That's for other people to decide.

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I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.

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i thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.

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