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More Quotes by Wilma Rudolph
Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.
I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.
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.
I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.
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.
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.
My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
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.
