#gh

I got hit a lot. I'm glad I lived through it. ↗

— Leon Spinks

#got #hit #i #lived #lot

I still am champion in my own right. ↗

— Leon Spinks

#champion #i #my own #own #right

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#hate #human #human actions #i #laugh

It was my delusion and naivety that brought me here. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#delusion #here #me

I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#after #always #dental #dentist #go

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

— Mark Spitz

#art #believe #i #i believe #i believe that

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. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#cholesterol #effects #feel #had #having

I got beat real hard and heavy in the Olympic Games in 1968 by a guy who swam an incredible race one time in his whole life, but he did it right at the right time. I'd like to be that guy now. Maybe that's what I'm going to have to pull out of my hat to make the Olympic team. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#did #games #going #got #guy

In my day, at 12 years old, which was 38 years ago, we worked out in summer months for two and a half hours. Today someone in that age group might work out for four hours, two hours in the morning and two at night. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#age group #ago #day #four #group

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

— Mark Spitz

#coach #gets #i #might #regular