I never set out to beat the world. I just set out to do my absolute best.
"Alfred Oerter, Jr." was an United States/American athletics (sport)/athlete, and a four-time Olympic Games/Olympic Champion in the discus throw.
Oerter was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympics—a feat only matched by Carl Lewis in the long jump.
In 2005, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.
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I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at each other.
It has to be the '80 Olympic hockey team.
As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well.
I never had technique.
To exercise at or near capacity is the best way I know of reaching a true introspective state. If you do it right, it can open all kinds of inner doors.
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