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For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.

Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's...

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's...

One chance is all you need.

One chance is all you need.

Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing...

Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing...

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself -...

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself -...

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White...

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White...

I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any...

I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any...

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes...

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes...

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the...

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the...

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards...

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards...

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

Andy Warhol made fame more famous.

Andy Warhol made fame more famous.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Now as it gets into the mid to late 60's we found different outtakes or...

Now as it gets into the mid to late 60's we found different outtakes or...

Jodie Foster may continue to outwardly ignore me for the rest of my life, but...

Jodie Foster may continue to outwardly ignore me for the rest of my life, but...

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them -...

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them -...