64 Quotes by Wilma Rudolph

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.

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

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.

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

The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

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

I don't consciously try to be a role model, so I don't know if I am or not. That's for other people to decide.

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.