Caitlyn Jenner Quotes

"I'm just going to go live life. I'm going to go enjoy life. I have nothing left to hide. I am kind of a free person, a free soul."

"I called Daley Thompson after the Games of '84, when he won. He'd had this phenomenal decathlon for nine events - and then he went out there and jogged the 1,500 meters and missed the world record by, like, three points."

"Gamble, cheat, lie, and steal. Let me explain: Gamble for your best shot in life - dare to take risks. Cheat those who would have you be less than you are. Lie in the arms of those you love. And finally, steal every moment of happiness."

"I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability."

"Life wasn't easy growing up; it was frustrating. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily, everything would have come easily, and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work."

"First of all, I try to be a positive role model."

"If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports. I would have been like every other kid. Instead, I found my one thing, and I was never going to let go of it. That little dyslexic kid is always in the back of your head."

"If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work."

"I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it."

"If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach."

"My mom is, for 89 years old, is extraordinarily open-minded."

"The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism."

"I wish I were kind of normal. It would be so much more simple."

"There's nothing more, nothing better in life to wake up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror, and feel comfortable with yourself and who you are."

"If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit in the wire that goes between the eye and the brain. Reading is not a fluid process."

"The hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear."

"'Can't Stop the Music' has become a cult film. It's kind of shocking to me. People come up to me all the time and say, 'I just saw it!'"

"Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do."

"I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years."

"I always thought everybody else was better than me."

"I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't."

"Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day."

"If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?"

"I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy."

"I still have nightmares about taking tests."

"I thought everybody else was doing much better than I was."

"I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was."

"If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff."

"It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of paper was hard for me. Many people think dyslexic people see things backwards. They don't see things backwards."

"Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned proud of it."