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I have to be cautious, have my thyroid levels checked, and as long as I do that, I'm fine.
- Gail Devers
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#Levels
#Long
#Thyroid
Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.
- Gail Devers
#Back
#Believe
#I Believe
#Looking Back
I don't have a thyroid anymore. I had radioactive iodine treatment, which destroyed my thyroid. I take medication every day.
- Gail Devers
#Day
#Every Day
#Every
#Take
#Thyroid
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.
- Gail Devers
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#Now
#Other
#People
#Watching
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.
- Gail Devers
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#Even
#I Can
#Live
#Want
A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn't know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, 'Just call my name to see where I am,' because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself.
- Gail Devers
#I Am
#Looking
#Myself
#Name
#Vision
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.
- Gail Devers
#Disappointment
#Gold
#Long
#Myself
I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me to run my best on that day, or better than my best. So whatever the outcome is, I have to be satisfied with it if I know I gave it my best effort.
- Gail Devers
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#Day
#Effort
#God
#Prayer
It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.
- Gail Devers
#Believe
#Other
#People
#You
In my race, there's 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and it's what you do, you know.
- Gail Devers
#Always
#Hurdles
#Know
#Life
#Race
It's not what other people believe you can do; it's what you believe you can do.
- Gail Devers
#Believe
#Other
#People
#You
Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.
- Gail Devers
#Character
#Fall
#Life
#Reason
#Sometimes
When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'
- Gail Devers
#Best
#Effort
#Me
#Myself
#Path
I am very thankful that I have lived the life I have lived. I am thankful for my Graves' disease, and I tell people, if I had my whole life to live over, I would have it, because it has really made me into the person that I am.
- Gail Devers
#I Am
#Life
#Live
#Me
#Thankful
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
- Gail Devers
#Dreams
#Faith
#Hard Work
#Vision
#Work
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