We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun. Gail Devers Read Quote
In my race, there’s 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and it’s what you do, you know. Gail Devers Read Quote
A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn’t know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, ‘Just call my name to see where I am,’ because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself. Gail Devers Read Quote
When I write a goal down – and I truly write them down – it becomes a part of me. That’s a contract that I sign with myself to say, ‘I don’t care what happens – I’m going to stay on this path. I’m going to try and see this through; I’m going to give it my best shot, my best effort.’ Gail Devers Read Quote
I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment. Gail Devers Read Quote
Looking back, I’m so proud to have gone to five Olympics – I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My true gold medal, though, is my daughter, Karsen, who is 18 months old. And I have a wonderful husband, Mike. Gail Devers Read Quote
I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis (sic) and me that we should use any God-given talent we had. Gail Devers Read Quote
While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers – a medication that would have eased its side effects – because they were deemed illegal by the sport’s governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations. Gail Devers Read Quote
In February 1991, I was rushed to the hospital in Los Angeles to have my feet amputated. Three years earlier, I had broken the national 100 meters hurdles record while a student at UCLA and was a favourite for the event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Gail Devers Read Quote
People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I’ve always wanted to be – a mother. Gail Devers Read Quote
