- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Fine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to be cautious, have my thyroid levels checked, and as long as I do that, I'm fine.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.
- Disappointment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.
- Illness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis and me that we should use any God-given talent we had.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.
- Away
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their chest.
- February
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- Nov 07, 2020
In February 1991, I was rushed to the hospital in Los Angeles to have my feet amputated. Three years earlier, I had broken the national 100 meters hurdles record while a student at UCLA and was a favourite for the event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its side effects - because they were deemed illegal by the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis (sic) and me that we should use any God-given talent we had.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My true gold medal, though, is my daughter, Karsen, who is 18 months old. And I have a wonderful husband, Mike.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020