Mark Spitz
July 31st, 2008
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Winning my first gold medal as an individual – the 200-meter butterfly in Munich – was my most memorable Olympic moment. I’d worked so hard from, supposedly, my lack of success from the games the time before, that I knew I didn’t have to second guess whether I trained enough, whether I rested enough, or whether or not I was healthy. It was all systems go. Every day after that was a build up to winning the 7 gold medals. So, it was winning my first individual gold medal, and the journey that I took over those 8 days in Munich, that were my most memorable Olympic moments.
About 20 years ago, when I was 38, I discovered that I had high cholesterol. My mother had high cholesterol, but she didn’t do anything about it, and most people didn’t understand that having high cholesterol was one of the leading causes of cardiac disease, which is a major cause of heart attacks. (more…)
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Bruce Jenner
July 31st, 2008
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There were so many great moments during my Olympic journey. First, making it on the team in 1972…coming out of absolutely nowhere…was the biggest thrill of my life. Four years later, in 1976, it was a totally different deal. When I broke the world record for the decathlon in Munich, I was the most satisfied person in the world because I just accomplished everything in my sport that I could possibly accomplish. And not too many athletes can walk away from their career feeling that way.
As a youngster I had attention deficit disorder, and dyslexia. And it was very difficult as a young kid. We put so much pressure on young people to perform in school, to read well, and get good grades. That wasn’t happening for me. I failed 2nd grade, and I suffered from terrible low self-esteem. I thought all of the kids were smarter than me, better readers. My biggest fear was to go to school as a young kid because I was afraid that the teacher was going to ask me to read in front of the class. (more…)
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Cesar Wilson
July 2nd, 2008
It has been about three years since I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. In November of 2004, the doctor told me that he saw something that he wasn’t too pleased with. I had a biopsy and it came back as malignant.
You know, even before I got the diagnosis, I kind of figured it might happen. I am the baby in a family of 12 brothers and sisters who grew up in northeast Louisiana in the little town of Tallulah, and I remember that two of my older brothers had problems with urination. They didn’t have medical help — they were all just up there on the farm and didn’t have adequate medical facilities to go to – and I think they probably had prostate cancer and didn’t know it. (more…)
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