Wilma Rudolph Quotes

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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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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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.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Happiness, Success, Perseverance

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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

  Sports, Running, Winning

  Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

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  My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Mother, Doctors, Belief

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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  When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Inspirational, Positive, Determination

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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.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Motivational, Happiness, Success

  Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

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• No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Matter, Helping, Accomplish

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• Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Motivational, Sports, Believe

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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• The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Happiness, Success, Perseverance

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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

  Motivational, Determination, Giving Up

  Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

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• The potential for greatness lives within us all.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Inspirational Sports, Athlete, Greatness

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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• I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Mind

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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.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Sports, Pneumonia, Average

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• I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Confidence, Being Yourself, Important

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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.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Running, Air, Feelings

  Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

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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.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Motivational, Sports, Dream

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• I believe in me more than anything in this world.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Believe, World, I Believe

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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.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Success, Cities, Discipline

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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.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Goal, Way, Wonderful

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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.

  Wilma Rudolph

  America, Champion, Would Be

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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.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Winning, Gold, Transition

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• Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Life, Years, Sometimes

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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.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Change, Years, White

  Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

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• I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Goal, Mountain, Prime

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