My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
Wilma RudolphI ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.
Wilma RudolphMy mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
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