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.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

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

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

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

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

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.