Gail Devers Quotes
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.
You can never give up or get down on yourself. A true champion keeps his or her chin up and always takes life one race at a time.
Whenever faced with a challenge, I dig deep within myself and summon my spiritual and physical forces. This gives me the focus, determination, perseverance, and support I need to succeed.
I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.
My life is a blessing every day that I get up. God saved my feet. How am I not going to use them?
I have to be cautious, have my thyroid levels checked, and as long as I do that, I'm fine.
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.
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.
I dont have a thyroid anymore. I had radioactive iodine treatment, which destroyed my thyroid. I take medication every day.
I find motivation within myself. I run track not from a competitive Nature, but because I'm a very goal-oriented person.
You have to find that love within yourself. If you love yourself, you feel good about yourself, and sports help you feel good about yourself.
In my race, theres 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and its what you do, you know.
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.
It is so important for young girls to be fit. I think sports is the key to success, because the challenges you face in sports prepare you for the rest of your life.
Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.
It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.
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.
