More Quotes by Wilma Rudolph
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.
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.
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.
Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.
No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.
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.
I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.
