![I was afraid the teacher was going to make me read in front of class and I was going to look bad. [But] 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.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-was-afraid-the-teacher-was-going-to-make-me-read-in-front-of-class-and-i-was-go.jpg)
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