I had a series of childhood illnesses... scarlet fever.... pneumonia.... Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
The triumph can't be had without the struggle. And I know what struggle is. I have spent a lifetime trying to share… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
I have spent a lifetime trying to share what it has meant to be a woman first in the world of sports… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens,… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world. — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
You become world famous, and you sit with kings and queens, and then your first job is just a job. You can't… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life. — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
I know black women in Tennessee who have worked all their lives, from the time they were twelve years old to the day they… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
After the scarlet fever and the whooping cough, I remember I started to get mad about it all... I went through the stage of… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
“Winning is great but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.” — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
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. — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
Later on in life, I discovered that in order for me to be successful, I had to have a challenge. I can't do a… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran. — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome. — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
I was six years old before I realized that there was something wrong with me... But I did have this crooked left leg, and… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
