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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.
I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.
But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.
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 loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.
i had a series of childhood illnesses... scarlet fever.... pneumonia.... Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.
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.
