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Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life.

~Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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Even though I'm not a competitive athlete, I have to still maintain things and try to keep myself fit because I am at that age where I need to make sure to get those regular checkups and make sure everything is in tact.

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I might attempt Zumba. I haven't yet, but I thought it would be a lot of fun and different.

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I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.

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When I started competing, you had to have your coach there. Now you can be coached from a home office via Skype or video. That's not the same as having them on the field with you.

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Growing up in the time of Title IX - it was passed when I was 10 - I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in women's sports. Of course I didn't know it at the time.

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I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing.

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I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.

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Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.

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I'm always challenged by someone.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: March 3rd, 1962

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