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

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

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

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

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.

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.

By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.