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.

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The triumph can't be had without the struggle. And I know what struggle is. I have spent a lifetime trying to share what it has meant to be a woman first in the world of sports so that other young women have a chance to reach their dreams.

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Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

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I believe in me more than anything in this world.

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I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world.

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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.

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I know black women in Tennessee who have worked all their lives, from the time they were twelve years old to the day they died. These women don't listen to the women's liberation rhetoric because they know that it's nothing but a bunch of white women who had certain life-styles and who want to change those life-styles.

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i thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.

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I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded the woman who was the Olympic champion

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Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.

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