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 RudolphBlack 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.
Wilma RudolphWinning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.
Wilma Rudolph'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