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More Quotes by Wilma Rudolph
By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.
The triumph can't be had without the struggle.
Black women . . . work because their husbands can't make enough money at their jobs to keep everything going. . . . They don't go to work to find fulfillment, or adventure, or glamour and romance, like so many white women think they are doing. Black women work out of necessity.
I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.
I believe in me more than anything in this world.
The potential for greatness lives within us all.
It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.
No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.
