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.
Caitlyn Jenner
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.
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.
First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.
Sexuality is who you are personally attracted to... But gender identity is who you are in your soul.
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 always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
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.
I was a dyslexic kid.
I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world, Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me.
I thought everybody else was doing much better than I was.
Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned proud of it.
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.
If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
The next great decathlete is going to be a runner. I still feel that a Dan O'Brien, if he was a runner and not a sprinter, could have gone over 9,000 points.
I have struggled with identity all my life. It's not like something that just happened last week.
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.
Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.
You still think we can go out there, and we can all run the mile in four minutes, you know, your mind still thinks that, but then you go out and actually try to do it, it's kind of scary.
Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it.
If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
The hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear.
My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.
I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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.
If I were to compare the Olympic decathlon to fatherhood, I would say fatherhood is a lot tougher.
Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
Fortunately, I have been very healthy all my life and very active all my life and have enjoyed an active lifestyle.
I probably went all the way to junior high school before a school doctor told me that I was 'dyslexic.'
Decathletes have to train for every event: sprints one day, field events the next. You pump up to make yourself strong enough to throw? Try pole vaulting at 250 pounds. There are 32 guys in most decathlons, and they're in 32 little track meets.
I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
My greatest gift in life was being dyslexic. It made me special. It made me different. If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports.
I had been carpooling kids for 33 years.
The 'Vanity Fair' article was interesting to do because it was the first time I ever really had the opportunity to be absolutely truthful with a reporter about every aspect of my life.
Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.
I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.
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.
That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.
I have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.
Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.
I still have nightmares about taking tests.
I had a lot of conversations with my family, my close friends, with my pastor, with God, and kind of came to a revelation that maybe I should be honest with myself about who I am and let that person - this woman who has lived inside me for my entire life - finally have an opportunity to live.
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.
I have 10 children. I've got my eighth grandchild in the oven with Kimberly. I have all these wonderful kids.
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.
'Esquire Magazine' just gave me 'Father of the Year'. I'll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that's why they gave it to me.
We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
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.
The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.
