Michael Spitz Quotes & Sayings

If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expectation of themselves. — Mark Spitz

You never know what you'll find out about yourself when you stretch outside your comfort zone. — Jen Calonita

It seems to rise again when the crisis times come, and this is a time of most severe crisis, as we all know, not just for the history of the United States and the survival indeed of our democracy, but for the future peace of the world. And never before probably has the need for interfaith commitment been nearly as great as it is at this very moment. — Walter Cronkite

The world is a book, and he who does not travel reads only a page. — Augustine Of Hippo

People may have thought that we changed a lot. I don't think we came in with that intention. Certain things I can't stomach. But I tried to be as collegial as possible. When you sign that contract, you're tied to that opera house to try your best. But every different team will play with a different intensity. — Bryn Terfel

Let the breath lead the way. — Sharon Salzberg

I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps — Michael Phelps

Why are you doing this?" Rod asked. "You hate gay men like me."
Hunter shrugged. "There are no men like you, gay or otherwise. — Tara Lain

To me, the art of movies is to take a two-dimensional image and give the illusion of depth. — William Friedkin

Spitz and Michael Wadleigh's documentary film Woodstock — Andrew Gentes

O Risen Christ! O Easter Flower!
How dear Thy Grace has grown!
From east to west, with loving power,
Make all the world Thine own. — Phillips Brooks

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz. — Michael Phelps