More Quotes by Wilma Rudolph
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.
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.
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.
I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.
By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.
I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.
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.
My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
