Mark Spitz

Mark Spitz

Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former swimmer, 9–time Olympic champion, and former world record holder.

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By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.

Tags: Life, Work, Hard

Mark Spitz

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

Tags: Money, Mean, Before

Mark Spitz

I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician.

Tags: Talk, Simply, Qualified

Mark Spitz

I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

Tags: Win, Keep, Plan

Mark Spitz

In my day, at 12 years old, which was 38 years ago, we worked out in summer months for two and a half hours. Today someone in that age group might work out for four hours, two hours in the morning and two at night.

Tags: Work, Age, Day

Mark Spitz

One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while.

Tags: Child

Mark Spitz

Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.

Tags: Believe, After, Place

Mark Spitz