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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.
Wilma Rudolph
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Wilma Rudolph
Age: 54 †
Born: 1940
Born: June 23
Died: 1994
Died: November 12
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Sprinter
Clarksville
Tennessee
Wilma Glodean Rudolph
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Lose
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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. 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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I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.
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I don't consciously try to be a role model, so I don't know if I am or not. That's for other people to decide.
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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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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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My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
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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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Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
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I believe in me more than anything in this world.
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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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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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But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
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The triumph can't be had without the struggle.
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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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The potential for greatness lives within us all.
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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 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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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 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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