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Sports saved my life.
I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
I never went after fame. It fell into my lap.
First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
If I can make a dollar, I certainly am not stupid.
I always thought everybody else was better than me.
Hardly nobody gets to live two genders in their life.
Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.
As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.
I thought everybody else was doing much better than I was.
My mom is, for 89 years old, is extraordinarily open-minded.
It's one of the hardest things in life - choosing your own name.
The hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear.
I never wanted to hurt anyone else, most of all my family and my kids.
We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
I met Arthur Ashe a few times. I know how important education was to him.
There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.
Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.
I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it.
The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism.
I'm very laid back, easy. There's nothing better in life than seeing your kids do well.
I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
The only thing I did is, I wore the same pair of socks in every decathlon I was ever in.
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.
Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do.
Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.
I have struggled with identity all my life. It's not like something that just happened last week.
If I were to compare the Olympic decathlon to fatherhood, I would say fatherhood is a lot tougher.
Sexuality is who you are personally attracted to... But gender identity is who you are in your soul.
I probably went all the way to junior high school before a school doctor told me that I was 'dyslexic.'
I've been married to Kris for 21 years, and there have always been rocky times. And it's nothing special.
I have 10 children. I've got my eighth grandchild in the oven with Kimberly. I have all these wonderful kids.
I have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.
I have always actually been with and attracted to very strong women, and I think I've learned a lot from them.
If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
If you want to call me names, make jokes and doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it.
You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.
Fortunately, I have been very healthy all my life and very active all my life and have enjoyed an active lifestyle.
Anti-inflammatories always seemed to work well for my joints, but the problem was you couldn't take them all the time.
Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.
I had really no sense of style. Everyone around me in my family had the sense of style - I learned as much as I possibly could.
Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.
I'm just going to go live life. I'm going to go enjoy life. I have nothing left to hide. I am kind of a free person, a free soul.
'Can't Stop the Music' has become a cult film. It's kind of shocking to me. People come up to me all the time and say, 'I just saw it!'