If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports. I would have been like every other kid. I...
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If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports. I would have been like every other kid. Instead, I found my one thing, and I was never going to let go of it. That little dyslexic kid is always in the back of your head.
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It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of...
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It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of paper was hard for me. Many people think dyslexic people see things backwards. They don't see things backwards.
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I still have nightmares about taking tests.
I still have nightmares about taking tests.
The ability to grow is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can take in your life.
The ability to grow is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can take in your life.
Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do.
Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do.
I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.
I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.
I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't...
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I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.
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[appearing in a glamorous photo on the cover of Vanity Fair in 2015] I'm so happy after such a long ...
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[appearing in a glamorous photo on the cover of Vanity Fair in 2015] I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self.
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I am from the Kardashian group. We can take anything.
I am from the Kardashian group. We can take anything.
If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your t...
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If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you...
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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It's about working when nobody's watching.
It's about working when nobody's watching.
That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a...
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That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.
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I'm the type of guy who fails and fails and fails, and then, as if failure has become sick of him, s...
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I'm the type of guy who fails and fails and fails, and then, as if failure has become sick of him, succeeds.
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Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not th...
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Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it.
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We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.
Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.
I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week traini...
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I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years.
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If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit...
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If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit in the wire that goes between the eye and the brain. Reading is not a fluid process.
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If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then th...
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If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.
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When the time comes for your brain to process the information, the second word comes up faster than ...
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When the time comes for your brain to process the information, the second word comes up faster than the first one. So when it's in your head, all of a sudden, it comes out backwards and you think of the word backwards.
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[observation, 2015] For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
[observation, 2015] For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
I always thought everybody else was better than me.
I always thought everybody else was better than me.
The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of them...
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The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.
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Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned proud of it.
Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned proud of it.
The truth is everybody does it from time to time. People dial telephone numbers and they get a wrong...
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The truth is everybody does it from time to time. People dial telephone numbers and they get a wrong number only to find that they've read the last two digits backwards. Everybody does it, but dyslexics have this tendency to a higher degree.
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First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
I was a dyslexic kid.
I was a dyslexic kid.
If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.
If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.
I thought everybody else was doing much better than I was.
I thought everybody else was doing much better than I was.
