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.

-Bruce Jenner

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I Was Afraid The Teacher Was Going

Bruce Jenner

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.

Topic

Sports

Teacher

Hard Work

I Didn't Only Have A Perceptual Problem, I Was Also So Nervous And So Upset. The Process Just Didn't Work. I Lost Enthusiasm For School And I Flunked Second Grade. The Teachers Said I Was Lazy.

Sports

Teacher

School