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TALKING TO HERSELF

By The Associated Press

Updated August 7, 2012

(AP Photo/Dave Martin)

(AP) -- Two-time beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings has found a way to keep herself from overthinking during her matches.

"You have to give your brain another job to do," she said after advancing to her third straight Olympic gold medal game.

And what is that job?

"I spell 'pass' 20 million times a day," she said. "P-A-S-S. Right when they're getting ready to serve."

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