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The triumph can't be had without the struggle.
Wilma Rudolph
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Wilma Rudolph
Age: 54 †
Born: 1940
Born: June 23
Died: 1994
Died: November 12
Athlete
Sprinter
Clarksville
Tennessee
Wilma Glodean Rudolph
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Fear
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Perseverance
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I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.
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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 potential for greatness lives within us all.
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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 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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By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.
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I believe in me more than anything in this world.
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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 tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.
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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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But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
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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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When the sun is shining I can do anything no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
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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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No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.
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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 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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'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'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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