#hi

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

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

One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#after #always #answer #been #clock

Swimming isn't everything, winning is. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#swimming #winning

The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#effect #get #into #much #nothing

Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#american #coaching #count #favorable #gold

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. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#care #champion #could #himself #perseverance

Any reasonable economist will tell you that it's nearly impossible to isolate the impact of right-to-work laws on a state's job growth. A multitude of other factors intervene. However, one thing the numbers can show is that right-to-work laws have a negative effect on the wages of workers in that state. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#economist #effect #factors #growth #however