"I know black women in Tennessee who have……" — Wilma Rudolph
"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."
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32 Quotes by Wilma Rudolph
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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…
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Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
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Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how…
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I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.
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It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what…
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My doctors told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
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The triumph can't be had without the struggle.
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'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in…
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But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
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I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
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By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.
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When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God, why was I here? What…
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