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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

Topics: Achieve Alive All Things Anything Belief Believe Dedication Determination Dreams Faith Hard Hard Work Keep Possible Remember Requires Things Those Understand Vision Who Work Your Your Dreams Yourself

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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

Topics: About Allow Beat Builds Character Could Down Everything Fall Happens How Life Really Reason Sometimes Stay Strong Stumble Tells Think Us

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It's not what other people believe you can do; it's what you believe you can do.

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Topics: Believe Other People You

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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

Topics: Becomes Best Care Contract Down Effort Give Goal Going Happens Me Myself Part Path Say See Shot Sign Stay Them Through Truly Try Write I Write

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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

Topics: Allow Always Before Best Better Day Effort Gave God Know Me Outcome Prayer Ran Run Said Satisfied Than Whatever Win Would

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It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.

~Gail Devers

Topics: Believe Other People You

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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

Topics: Always Do You Know Get Gotta Hurdle Hurdles Know Life Over Race Something You

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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.

~Gail Devers

Topics: Achieved American Back Believe Daughter Five Gold Gold Medal Gone Husband Looking Looking Back Medal Mike Months Old Olympics Only Other Proud Though Three True Who Wonderful I Believe

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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

Topics: Cautious Checked Fine Levels Long Thyroid

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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

Topics: Always Am Because Call Distract Honest Just Know Looking Lot Myself Name Race Ran Say See Times To Be Honest Tried Tunnel Tunnel Vision Up Vision Where I Am I Tried

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: November 19th, 1966

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