More Quotes by Wilma Rudolph
I don't consciously try to be a role model, so I don't know if I am or not. That's for other people to decide.
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.
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.
i thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God, why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it wasn't just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.
My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.
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.
