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More Quotes by Wilma Rudolph
No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.
I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.
Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.
The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.
But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.
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.
What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens, the Pope? Do you go back home and take a job? What do you do to keep your sanity? You come back to the real world.
