More Quotes by Wilma Rudolph
But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
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.
The potential for greatness lives within us all.
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.
The triumph can't be had without the struggle.
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 loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.
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.
By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.
