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More Quotes by Wilma Rudolph
I believe in me more than anything in this world.
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.
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.
I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.
Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
The triumph can't be had without the struggle.
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.
i thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
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.
But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
