Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Glodean Rudolphwas an American track and field sprinter, who competed in the 100 and 200 meters dash. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth23 June 1940
CitySaint Bethlehem, TN
CountryUnited States of America
Wilma Rudolph quotes about
goal mountain prime
I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.
life years sometimes
Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.
winning gold three
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.
cities discipline trying
It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.
confidence being-yourself important
I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.
sports dream struggle
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.
running running-fast knows
I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.
goal way wonderful
But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
running boys jumping
By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.
florence ran
I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
change years white
I know black women in Tennessee who have worked all their lives, from the time they were twelve years old to the day they died. These women don't listen to the women's liberation rhetoric because they know that it's nothing but a bunch of white women who had certain life-styles and who want to change those life-styles.
american-athlete believed mother
My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
american-athlete
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you.
ask god gold life three transition tried win
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.