Quotes by Michelle Carter - Page 2

When you see somebody who always came so close, and they finally accomplish what they've been working for - to see someone excel and break through that barrier - it's a great moment not just for that athlete but for all of us.
Michelle Carter /
Accomplish
Athlete
Break
Barrier
Close
Excel
Finally
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The first event I vividly remember was competing at the Junior Olympics in Seattle, Washington. It was my first major competition outside of Texas, and I remember being very nervous. I could not control my nerves, and I threw a few fouls.
Michelle Carter /
Competing
Nerves
Olympics
Seattle
Event
Junior
Threw
Vividly
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I learn how to put myself in situations at practice that cause me to zone in on what I'm trying to accomplish at meets. I try to make my practice surrounding as close to competition pressure to focus on what I need to do on the big stage.
Michelle Carter /
Accomplish
Competition
Focus
Practice
Pressure
Zone
Myself Focus Me
Cause
Meets
Surrounding
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, right? I always figure that as you experience life and things, you usually learn and pick up on things that you can do better. That's how I look at my career over time.
Michelle Carter /
Insanity
Life Time Experience
Definition
Figure
Pick
Same Thing
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We grew up listening to a variety of music, such as Gospel/Christian, R&B old/new school, jazz, blues, Mozart, Mary Poppins, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, just to name a few. I love opera, too - went to state in high school as a soloist.
Michelle Carter /
Frank
Mary
Opera
Streisand
Variety
Love Music Jazz
Barbra Streisand
Blues
Mary Poppins
Mozart
Sinatra
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You have 15-20 years of work for that one throw, that one moment. And I was like, 'Okay, Lord, this is it - you told me I had the victory. So this is the time to show me'. And I'm going to give it all I have because this is my last throw in the Olympics.
Michelle Carter /
Olympics
Work Time Moment
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My dad never wanted to push what he did on us. It was more, for him, if you chose to do this, then we're going to do it, and we're going to get it right. It was, 'I know how to do it. I'm going to teach you how to do it because I want you to be good at it.'
Michelle Carter /
Chose
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I know that God is intentional with everything that He brings to me and what He does for me. I'm not here just to be here. God made me intentionally! He created me on purpose, for a reason! To throw the shot put for sure. That's one of the things I am created to do.
Michelle Carter /
God
Made
Purpose
Reason
Things
Just
God I Am Me
Sure
Am
Does
Shot
He
Brings
God Me I Am
Created
Intentional
One Of The Things
Throw
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After a lifetime of feeling at home in my plus-size body, I was a 27-year-old having self-esteem issues. Clothes shopping stopped being fun and became a chore; I couldn't wear the curve-showing styles I loved without Spanx - and I worried that my new body would affect my training.
Michelle Carter /
Lifetime
Self Esteem
Shopping
Spanx
Worried
Affect
Chore
Styles
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Athletes can not look the same and be great in their individual sport. The example I like to use is Gabby Douglas. She could not flip in the air if she was built like me, but then Gabby Douglas couldn't throw the shot put. I was built like this because I was made to throw the shot put.
Michelle Carter /
Flip
Great Use Me
Great Me Look
Athletes
Douglas
Great Look Me
Individual Sport
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My first media interview was when I was a high school freshman and I was set to compete at state champs. The interview was the first occasion people had heard me on TV. When I watched back the recording on TV, I thought, 'Wow, is that what I sound like?' I didn't like the sound of my voice.
Michelle Carter /
Freshman
Heard
Me People Voice
Watched
Me Voice People
Compete
Interview
Occasion
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The parents say, 'Can you talk to my daughter and say that it's OK? That she can have muscles?' They'll say, 'I show her pictures of you so they can know she's good at what she does but still looks like a girl. She wears dresses.' It releases people to be whoever they want to be in the sport.
Michelle Carter /
Muscles
Release
Good Parents People
Wears
Whoever
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Black Girl Magic means that I have the power to overcome anything. Especially when we're in a world where you're told that you can't do something or you're less than, I'm reminded that my ancestors have overcome so much. There's still so much work to be done, and I have the power to overcome it.
Michelle Carter /
Magic
Overcome
Ancestors
Reminded
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After the 2012 Olympics, I returned to training, but unlike in previous years, my off-season weight gain didn't melt off as soon as I got back to my routine. I was tired, and my clothes weren't fitting. I'd been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, which means my thyroid is underactive, and that slows my metabolism.
Michelle Carter /
Fitting
Metabolism
Off Season
Olympics
Routine
Thyroid
Diagnosed
Gain
Unlike
Melt
Previous
Returned
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At my first Olympics, I didn't have a contract, and I wasn't making any money. After my first Olympics, I was working at 24 Hour Fitness at the front desk. I would go to practice in the morning, run home, shower, grab some food and then go straight to work. I didn't get off of work until 10 or 11 o'clock at night.
Michelle Carter /
Fitness
Olympics
Work Morning Home
Contract
Desk
Grab
Shower
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Even though I was dealing with all of these health issues, I was still doing well during my season. It wasn't the best season, but it was consistent. And I figured if I could be this consistent when I'm not my best, what happens when I get better, where could I be? So I wanted to see what I would be like on the other side.
Michelle Carter /
Consistent
If I Could
Best Health Better
Dealing
Figured
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I gained over 100 lbs. that I could never lose. My hair was falling out. I was tired all the time. I couldn't maintain muscle. I had no energy. It gave me some relief that there was something actually wrong with me and I wasn't crazy, but it was really hard knowing that there is something wrong with my body and I couldn't fix it.
Michelle Carter /
Relief
Muscle
Falling
Gained
Maintain
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For a couple of years, being professional, I kind of questioned myself. Should I wear my false lashes or take the time I want to take so I can feel good when I go out on the field? Because nobody else was really doing that. And I thought, No: I'm not going to change what I believe I should look like to fit anybody else's standards.
Michelle Carter /
Feel Good
Lashes
Standards
Change Time Good
False
Nobody Else
Questioned
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