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I'm not stuck in anybody's body. I'm me.
I'm kind of more on the conservative side.
For all intents and purposes, I am a woman.
I still have nightmares about taking tests.
To be honest with you, being Bruce isn't easy.
First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.
The first one of the girls I ever told was Kimberly.
You have to train your mind like you train your body.
Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.
Bruce lives a lie. She is not a lie. I can't do it anymore.
I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self.
Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me.
We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
Fear is part of the process. If you weren't scared, you'd be in trouble.
If I die... I'd be so mad at myself that I didn't explore that side of me.
What I'm doing is going to do some good and we're going to change the world.
When you accept yourself you are free from the need for others to accept you.
Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned proud of it.
I am not gay. I am, as far as I know, heterosexual. I've never been with a guy.
I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
The ability to grow is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can take in your life.
Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do.
Have an open mind and an open heart. I'm not this bad person. I'm just doing what I have to do.
I don't think I've ever been as scared in my life as I was to be extraordinarily honest with my kids.
I'm the type of guy who fails and fails and fails, and then, as if failure has become sick of him, succeeds.
If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
It's not just about me. It's about all of us, accepting one another. We're all different... That's a good thing.
I firmly believe that deep in their soul everyone has a champion that can overcome obstacles and do great things.
I just barely got through school. The problem was a learning disability, at a time when there was no where to get help.
I'm saying goodbye to people's perception of me and who I am, I'm not saying goodbye to me, because this has always been me.
There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words I live by.
The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.
I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years.
It hurts every day when you practice hard. Plus, when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
People are either driven to action or complacency, mission or rust. You're either participating in the Game of Life or you're watching it from the grandstands.
If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, 'You just blew your entire life.'
If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit in the wire that goes between the eye and the brain. Reading is not a fluid process.
I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.
The most challenging aspect of the decathlon is not the events themselves, but how you train to become the best 100-meter runner you are on the same day that you're the best 1,500-meter runner.
Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it.
It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of paper was hard for me. Many people think dyslexic people see things backwards. They don't see things backwards.
When the time comes for your brain to process the information, the second word comes up faster than the first one. So when it's in your head, all of a sudden, it comes out backwards and you think of the word backwards.
I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
The truth is everybody does it from time to time. People dial telephone numbers and they get a wrong number only to find that they've read the last two digits backwards. Everybody does it, but dyslexics have this tendency to a higher degree.
Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.
I was scared to death, but I made fear score points for me. Fear is right behind me, fear is six inches off my back, that's where fear is. I can feel its presence. But it's not going to catch me... I'm going to take fear and use it to my advantage.
To me, the definition of focus is knowing exactly where you want to be today, next week, next month, next year, then never deviating from your plan. Once you can see, touch and feel your objective, all you have to do is pull back and put all your strength behind it, and you'll hit your target every time.