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I am very thankful that I have lived the life I have lived. I am thankful for my Graves' disease, and I tell people, if I had my whole life to live over, I would have it, because it has really made me into the person that I am.

Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.

If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.

I am going to spend my time today just thanking the people that played a role in my career, because I truly do believe that I was blessed by a lot of people that paths crossed mine as I went down the road in my career.

I always aimed at being a legend.

I've never considered myself as a legend - just a simple man with heart.

People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.

I've been blessed in that regard through and through. So I'm just thankful for this opportunity to play the game that I love and share that with the world.

If you want to be remembered as great, if you want to be a legend, you have to go out there every single day and do stuff.

To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old!