Wilma Rudolph Quotes

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• 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… Chance
• Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle. Believe
• Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Great
• I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high. Far
• It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond… Accomplish
• My doctors told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother. Believed
• The triumph can't be had without the struggle. Fear
• 'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world. Been
• But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals. Achieve
• I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran. Every Time
• By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything. Boy
• 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… Ask
• 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… Back Home
• 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… Average
• The potential for greatness lives within each of us. Each
• I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do. Funny
• No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you. Accomplish
• 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.… All
• I don't know why I run so fast. I just run. Fast
• When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome. Attitude

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