Bruce Jenner
Bruce Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is an American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete. Jenner was a college football player for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury requiring surgery. Coach L. D. Weldon, who had coached Olympic decathlete Jack Parker, convinced Jenner to try the decathlon. After intense training, Jenner won the 1976 Olympics decathlon title at the Montreal Summer Olympics, gaining fame as "an all-American hero". Jenner set a third successive world record while winning...
ProfessionReality Star
Date of Birth28 October 1949
CityMount Kisco, NY
Realize that the reason most people fail isn't because of the competition but because of the limits they place upon themselves, allowing defeat to take over. Take responsibility for your destiny. You can come up with a performance, if you can reach down and dig deep enough into your competitive soul. You can overcome tremendous obstacles.
I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self.
I'm the type of guy who fails and fails and fails, and then, as if failure has become sick of him, succeeds.
When you accept yourself you are free from the need for others to accept you.
Trans people deserve something vital: They deserve your respect. If you want to call me names, make jokes, doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is, I can take it. But for the thousands of kids out there, coming to terms with being true to who they are, they shouldn't have to take it.
It's not just about me. It's about all of us accepting one another. We're all different. It's not a bad thing. It's a good thing.
If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, 'You just blew your entire life.'
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I just barely got through school. The problem was a learning disability, at a time when there was no where to get help.
People are either driven to action or complacency, mission or rust. You're either participating in the Game of Life or you're watching it from the grandstands.
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.
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What I'm doing is going to do some good and we're going to change the world.
Fear is part of the process. If you weren't scared, you'd be in trouble.