Quotes by Caitlyn Jenner

“If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.”

“Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do.”

“Life wasn't easy growing up; it was frustrating. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily, everything would have come easily, and I never would...”

“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 ...”

“If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports. I would have been like every other kid. Instead, I found my one thing, and I was never going to let go of it. That little dyslexic kid is ...”

“I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it.”

“Sports saved my life.”

“My greatest gift in life was being dyslexic. It made me special. It made me different. If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports.”

“In the fifth grade I discovered something I could do better than the other kids. One day, the teacher set up a bunch of chairs, and she had everyone run to the chairs and back while she timed us. I...”

“Gamble, cheat, lie, and steal. Let me explain: Gamble for your best shot in life - dare to take risks. Cheat those who would have you be less than you are. Lie in the arms of those you love. And fi...”

“There's nothing more, nothing better in life to wake up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror, and feel comfortable with yourself and who you are.”

“First of all, I try to be a positive role model.”

“The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism.”

“I'm just going to go live life. I'm going to go enjoy life. I have nothing left to hide. I am kind of a free person, a free soul.”

“Trans people deserve something vital they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community. ”

“I think, like a lot of people on this issue, I have really changed my thinking here to, ‘I don’t ever want to stand in front of anybody’s happiness.’ That’s not my job, okay? If that word – ‘marria...”

“Gay marriage... I'm a traditionalist. I'm older than most people in the audience. I kind of like tradition, and it's always been a man and a woman. I'm thinking, 'I don't quite get it'.”

“I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.”