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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.
Wilma Rudolph
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Wilma Rudolph
Age: 54 †
Born: 1940
Born: June 23
Died: 1994
Died: November 12
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Wilma Glodean Rudolph
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The triumph can't be had 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 to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.
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The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.
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I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.
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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 life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.
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Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.
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Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
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I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.
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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 this world.
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My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
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I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.
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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.
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I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.
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I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.
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Black women . . . work because their husbands can't make enough money at their jobs to keep everything going. . . . They don't go to work to find fulfillment, or adventure, or glamour and romance, like so many white women think they are doing. Black women work out of necessity.
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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.
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No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.
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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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The potential for greatness lives within us all.
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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 meant to be a woman first in the world of sports so that other young women have a chance to reach their dreams.
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