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Gail Devers
American
Athlete
Born:
Nov 19
,
1966
Believe
Life
Me
Myself
People
You
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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
Work
Dreams
Faith
Hard Work
Yourself
Determination
Vision
Remember
Achieve
Dedication
Believe
Those
Alive
Possible
All Things
Understand
Anything
Requires
Your
Hard
Your Dreams
Who
Belief
Keep
Things
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
Life
Character
Strong
Sometimes
Stumble
Fall
Down
Think
Everything
Tells
Stay
About
Could
Beat
Allow
Builds
How
Happens
Us
Really
Reason
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
Myself
Me
Try
Path
Care
Down
Say
Sign
Stay
See
Give
Through
Write
Part
Becomes
Goal
Truly
Contract
Effort
dont Care
Going
Happens
Them
Shot
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
Wonderful
Old
Husband
Three
Daughter
Looking
Looking Back
Gone
Believe
Other
Back
Months
Though
Only
True
Proud
Five
American
Achieved
Gold
Gold Medal
Mike
Who
Medal
Olympics
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.
Gail Devers
Try
Own
Swimming
Setting
Summer
Kids
Like
Make
Go
Up
Lemonade
Teach
Stands
Fun
While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its side effects - because they were deemed illegal by the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations.
Gail Devers
Side
Eased
Would
Athletics
Take
Had
Thyroid
Sport
Because
Governing
Were
Effects
Refused
While
Body
Radiation
Illegal
Deemed
International
Illness
Medication
Receiving
Treatment
Association
People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.
Gail Devers
Day
Me
Every Day
People
Ride
Walk
Every
Think
Ran
Kids
Run
Running
See
Like
Look
Am
Still
Years
May
Anything
Bike
Ask
Really
Now
Deserve
It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.
Gail Devers
Enjoy
Meets
Cities
Able
Totally
Being
Different
Traveling
Now
Actually
I have to be cautious, have my thyroid levels checked, and as long as I do that, I'm fine.
Gail Devers
Long
Fine
Checked
Thyroid
Cautious
Levels
I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis (sic) and me that we should use any God-given talent we had.
Gail Devers
Me
Passion
Parents
Athlete
Brother
Only
Had
Talent
Became
Because
Always
Real
God-Given
God-Given Talent
Real Passion
Any
Children
Wanted
Should
Teach
Use
I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.
Gail Devers
Given
Gland
Instead
Thyroid
Diagnosed
Surgery
Disease
Radiation
Illness
Graves
Treatment
Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.
Gail Devers
Three
Looking
Looking Back
Gone
Believe
Other
Back
Only
Proud
Five
American
Achieved
Olympics
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
People
Nervous
Other
Ran
Chest
Get
Anybody
Root
USA
Now
Watching
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.
Gail Devers
Me
Passion
Parents
Athlete
Brother
Only
Had
Talent
Became
Because
Always
Real
God-Given
God-Given Talent
Real Passion
Any
Children
Wanted
Should
Teach
Use
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.
Gail Devers
Time
People
Mother
Took
Though
About
Something
Never
Retiring
Talk
Said
Always
Off
Wanted
After
Games
Away
Olympic
Olympic Games
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
Myself
Vision
Distract
Looking
To Be Honest
Ran
Say
Tried
See
Name
Know
Call
Because
Always
Am
Scoreboard
Lot
Up
Times
Just
Where
Tunnel
Tunnel Vision
Race
Honest
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