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5 quotes by Debbie Meyer

Deborah Elizabeth Meyer (born August 14, 1952) is an American former competition swimmer, a three-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder at three distances. Meyer won the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle swimming races in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. While she was still a 16-year old student at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, California, she became the first swimmer to win three individual gold medals in...
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Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you're not enjoying... →

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I hope I give girls an opportunity to realize that they can swim and go to school at the same time. It's not to be given up once they get out of... →

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They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the... →

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I knew what my times were and how my practices were progressing and how close I was to the goals I had set for the year. I swam hard. I always swam... →

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I knew all these people had the same goals I did, but the one that worked the hardest would come out on top. That's what drove me all the time.... →

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