I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.
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What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.Rafer Johnson
I don't care if I never see Texas again.
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On the way back, it struck me that I could have beaten most of the guys in the meet. That's when I decided to be a decathlon man.
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Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train.
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I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final.
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It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round.
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