90 Quotes by Mark Spitz

If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.

We all love to win, but how many people love to train?

All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim six individual events, as opposed to what I elected to do, which was four.

The memories of the Munich games for me are of triumph and tragedy.

When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the mustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it - and everybody was talking about it - that I decided to keep it.

I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.