Tag: Wilma Rudolph
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No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you.
Wilma Rudolph
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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.
Wilma Rudolph
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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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The triumph can’t be had without the struggle.
Wilma Rudolph
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Down South, there was the old ‘ladies-don’t-do-such-things’ way of thinking. You couldn’t be a lady and a good athlete at the same time.
Wilma Rudolph
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In college, I was an education major and qualified for several jobs. But the fame that came with the Olympic medals was too threatening to many people.
Wilma Rudolph
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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.
Wilma Rudolph
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Later on in life, I discovered that in order for me to be successful, I had to have a challenge. I can’t do a nine to five job.
Wilma Rudolph
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There were good jobs, but they were never what I wanted to do. Somehow, people always thought of as a threat.
Wilma Rudolph
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No one has a life where everything that happened was good. I think the thing that made life good for me is that I never looked back. I’ve always been positive, no matter what happened.
Wilma Rudolph