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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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'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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I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
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I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.
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When the sun is shining I can do anything no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
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No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.
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I believe in me more than anything in this world.
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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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Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.
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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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I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.
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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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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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The triumph can't be had without the struggle.
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I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.
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