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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
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I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

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.

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.

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.

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.

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.

I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.

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

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.

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I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.