Quotes by Mark Spitz

About Mark Spitz:

Mark Andrew Spitz is an American former competition swimmer, nine-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in seven events. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, an achievement surpassed only by Michael Phelps, who won eight golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Spitz set new world records in all seven events in which he competed in 1972, a record that still stands. Since the year 1900, no other swimmer has gained so great a percentage of all the medals awarded for Olympic events held in a single Games.
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The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

Mark Spitz

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.

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.

Mark Spitz

Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it.

Mark Spitz

I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.

Mark Spitz

I swam my brains out.

Mark Spitz

My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will.

Mark Spitz

Swimming isn't everything, winning is.

Mark Spitz

Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching.

Mark Spitz

And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high cholesterol.

Mark Spitz

The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that.

Mark Spitz

If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seven, then he becomes the first man on Mars. We'd both be unique.

Mark Spitz

All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim six individual events, as opposed to what I elected to do, which was four.

Mark Spitz

When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the mustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it - and everybody was talking about it - that I decided to keep it.

Mark Spitz

So in my mind I own a lot of house records still.

Mark Spitz

Everyone loves to be loved.

Mark Spitz

What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.

Mark Spitz

Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact.

Mark Spitz

There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic.

Mark Spitz

I wasn't able to lower my cholesterol so they put me on a statin drug. It is called lipitor. I was able to lower my level in about 30 days from above 300 to below 200.

Mark Spitz

Author Bio

  • NameMark Spitz
  • DescriptionAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder
  • AliasesMark Andrew Spitz
  • BornFebruary 10, 1950
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSwimmer; Sportsperson