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" After the scarlet fever and the whooping cough, I remember I started to get mad about it all... I went through the stage of asking myself, 'Wilma, what is this existence all about? Is it about being sick all the time? It can't be.' So I started getting angry about things, fighting back in a new way with a vengeance. "
Remember
Angry
Fighting
" Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle. "
Me
Believe
Struggle
" But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals. "
Goals
Way
You
" Down South, there was the old 'ladies-don't-do-such-things' way of thinking. You couldn't be a lady and a good athlete at the same time. "
Time
Good
You
" I believe in me more than anything in this world. "
More
I Believe
Believe
" I don't know why I run so fast. I just run. "
Know
Why
Run
" 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. "
Woman
Dreams
Sports
" I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me. "
Me
Feeling
Fresh Air
" In college, I was an education major and qualified for several jobs. But the fame that came with the Olympic medals was too threatening to many people. "
Fame
Education
College
" I 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. "
Never
Never Give Up
Determination
" 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. "
Discipline
Life
Me
" I was six years old before I realized that there was something wrong with me... But I did have this crooked left leg, and my left foot was turned inward. "
Years
Foot
Old
" Later on in life, I discovered that in order for me to be successful, I had to have a challenge. I can't do a nine to five job. "
Successful
Challenge
Life
" My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother. "
Me
Doctor
Again
" 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. "
Dreams
Power
Influence
" No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you. "
Matter
Somebody
You
" No one has a life where everything that happened was good. I think the thing that made life good for me is that I never looked back. I've always been positive, no matter what happened. "
Back
Good
Life
" Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life. "
Life
Years
Happened
" The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever. "
Me
Accomplishment
Feeling
" There were good jobs, but they were never what I wanted to do. Somehow, people always thought of Wilma Rudolph as a threat. "
Always
Thought
People
" The triumph can't be had without the struggle. "
Had
Without
Triumph
" They would say, 'If you run around too much as a girl, you'll never be able to have children.' The running was supposed to be too much strain for your body, and your body would never be the same again. "
Children
Body
Too Much
" When I ran, I felt like a butterfly that was free. "
Ran
Free
Felt
" When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome. "
Trouble
Inspirational
Sun
" 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. "
Time
Life
Failure
" You become world famous, and you sit with kings and queens, and then your first job is just a job. You can't go back to living the way you did before because you've been taken out of one setting and shown the other. That becomes a struggle and makes you struggle. "
Kings
World
Struggle
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