More Quotes by Wilma Rudolph
I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world.
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.
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.
i thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.
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
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.
