Mary Lou Retton Quotes
Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.

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Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
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Women dress very much according to their moods, so when you see their shoes, it really shows you the character and what they want to show to the world, and what they are feeling at that time.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.
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I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise.
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I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.
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From that time on, I always had the studios on my neck.
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You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.
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I never thought of being disadvantaged.
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I have vitamins I intend to take to be a better person. I even have a pillbox for them to remind myself to be healthier. But will I take them? Definitely not.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.
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I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.
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When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.
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I hyperventilate quite a lot.
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When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.
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Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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I guess Tom Cruise - everything he does, everything he touches, is kind of a success.
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4 P’s to success: pressure, persistence, perseverance & prayer.
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Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.