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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.

Wilma Rudolph

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Wilma Rudolph
Age: 54 †
Born: 1940
Born: June 23
Died: 1994
Died: November 12
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Clarksville
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Wilma Glodean Rudolph
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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 wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.
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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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My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
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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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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 thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
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I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.
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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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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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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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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 you go back home and take a job? What do you do to keep your sanity? You come back to the real world.
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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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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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The triumph can't be had without the struggle.
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I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.
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Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.
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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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But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
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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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Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
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