Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes - Page 2

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• Getting started as a volunteer anywhere can be a challenge to a lot of people. The biggest hurdle is that people think they have to give all of their spare time. But if you only have a half hour, you can still make a difference. Assisting with small tasks is invaluable.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Thinking, Differences, People

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• The greatest finish line for me was finishing college - it was a pact I made with my mother, during a time when she fell ill. That happened during my Freshman year, and unfortunately she never saw me compete in the Olympics. But she really wanted me to finish college, because she never finished Junior High.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Mother, College, Years

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• There are few restrictions on your life with asthma, as long as you take care of yourself.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Long, Care, Restriction

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• Society always needs a level playing field. In order to do that, you have to have opportunity, and providing that opportunity begins with 'how do we bridge that gap,' that so-called Digital Divide? How can we get internet into every home possible?

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Home, Opportunity, Bridges

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Anniversary, Winning, Games

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• I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Classroom, Wells

  "Five minutes with Jackie Joyner-Kersee". Interview With Julie Deardorff, www.chicagotribune.com. May 2, 2012.

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• Even if the person doesn't know what the internet can do, we can bring it to them and show how it can make a difference in their lives.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Differences, Making A Difference, Internet

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Jobs, Winning, Bronze Medal

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• I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 18 during my freshman year at UCLA. I refused to accept it - and I hid it from my coaches and teammates. But ignoring my problem didn't make it go away.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Ucla, Years, Going Away

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• The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Games, Generations, London

  "After Olympic success, now make a level playing field for women" by Jackie Joyner-Kersee, inamerica.blogs.cnn.com. August 14, 2012.

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• I would like 'I Dream of Genie' powers.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Dream, Genies

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• "Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track."

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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• I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Inspirational, Basketball, Games

  "Five minutes with Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee". Chicago Tribune Interview, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 25, 2012.

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• Even at 10 or 12, I was a hot, fast little cheerleader.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Cheerleading, Hot, Littles

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• When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Sports, Cheerleading, School

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• I'm always challenged by someone.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  "Five minutes with Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee". Chicago Tribune Interview, www.chicagotribune.com. April 25, 2012.

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• I love track and field, but I also know the day will come when I will have to do something else.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Track, Track And Field, Fields

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• People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Inspirational, Dance, Athlete

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• I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Hands, People, Support

  "Five minutes with Jackie Joyner-Kersee". Interview With Julie Deardorff, www.chicagotribune.com. May 2, 2012.

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• I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  People, Want, Fingers

  "A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female Athlete".

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• I've had asthma my entire life.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Asthma

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• I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Team, Sight, Tough

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• When I started competing, you had to have your coach there. Now you can be coached from a home office via Skype or video. That's not the same as having them on the field with you.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Home, Office, Video

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• What people need to know is that asthma isn't a minor 'wheeze-disease.' It kills over five thousand people in America every year, and I could've been one of them.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Years, America, People

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• Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Athlete, Class, Training

  "Five minutes with Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee". Chicago Tribune Interview, www.chicagotribune.com. April 25, 2012.

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