Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Caitlyn Jenner - Page 2

In the fifth grade I discovered something I could do better than the other kids. One day, the teacher set up a bunch of chairs, and she had everyone run to the chairs and back while she timed us. I had the fastest time in the whole school!

I met Arthur Ashe a few times. I know how important education was to him.

I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.

The only thing I did is, I wore the same pair of socks in every decathlon I was ever in.

If I win the gold medal, I will be set for the rest of my life. The medal itself doesn't give you anything, but it makes you a marketable item. You take it and see what you can do.

We have a rich tradition here in the United States of great decathletes, which is amazing 'cause we have absolutely no program to develop these guys. Zero. There's nothing. They do it on their own, just like I did back in '76.

I've been married to Kris for 21 years, and there have always been rocky times. And it's nothing special.

Being a celebrity is a business.

Anti-inflammatories always seemed to work well for my joints, but the problem was you couldn't take them all the time.

It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?

I have always actually been with and attracted to very strong women, and I think I've learned a lot from them.

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.

Sometimes I feel so separated, you know? The Kardashians over here, the Jenners over here, little me in the middle. We've got to keep the family going.

I used to play a lot of tennis and then, next thing you know, same thing with tennis. That banging on the knees, the jarring, twisting motion - I couldn't do it. All of a sudden, every time I played, my knee would swell up.

Fortunately, I have been very healthy all my life and very active all my life and have enjoyed an active lifestyle.

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.

Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.

For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.

You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.

My wife Kris and I enjoy keeping an active lifestyle, so it's hard to imagine what it would be like if breathing problems kept me from participating in the activities I love to do. But that's exactly what happens to many people who develop COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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.

'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!'

I had really no sense of style. Everyone around me in my family had the sense of style - I learned as much as I possibly could.

When you have a voice, and you have an opportunity at the world level to be able to speak, it has to be right.

I want to dress well. I want to look good.

If you want to call me names, make jokes and doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it.

I love the 1,500 meters. I knew that, if I had to do it to win, I'd run under 4:05. That means I could pick up 100 points, maybe even 150 points, on anybody in the world.

Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.

I never went after fame. It fell into my lap.

As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.

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 never wanted to hurt anyone else, most of all my family and my kids.

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 have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.

'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.

I don't have anything Olympic in our house - no pictures, none of that stuff. Consciously I do that. With 10 children, I don't want to hold that over their heads.

I'm very laid back, easy. There's nothing better in life than seeing your kids do well.

There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.

What I went through in 1976, it's the same today: It's about all the pressure that you feel, the anxiety, the family, and everything that surrounds the Games, and then getting there knowing this is your big chance, and you're able to come through. It's such a satisfying thing.

Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.

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 wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.

It's important for people to recognize that they shouldn't ignore symptoms like shortness of breath or a cough that won't go away, because these may be signs of COPD.

Sports saved my life.

I spent 12 years of my life, the last six years training six to eight hours a day, every day of my life. At the time, when I was 20 to 26, I could do things like that, and you're not going to notice it.