“Nobody has ever said anything about Marion Jones every using performance-enhancing drugs and they never will” Quote by Marion Jones
“It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous.” HardHairBad HairBad Hair Day Author:Marion Jones
“You forget that sometimes people are out there to get you - they don't even have a reason.” PeopleSometimesReasonForget Author:Marion Jones
“It's a great feeling as a coach to see your athlete run well, hearing the oohs and aahs as she picks people off.” PeopleWellsFeelingsRunningPicksAthleteHearingCoachesGreat Feelings Author:Bob Kersee
“But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.” WayGoalWonderfulAchieveAchieving Your GoalsWonderful Family Author:Wilma Rudolph
“I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.” RanFlorence Author:Wilma Rudolph
“By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.” RunningChallengesBoysNeighborhoodJumping Author:Wilma Rudolph
“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.” PurposeThreeAsksWinningGoldThis LifeTransitionMedalGold MedalsBeing Famous Author:Wilma Rudolph
“What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens, the Pope? Do you go back home and take a job? What do you do to keep your sanity? You come back to the real world.” WorldRealHomeJobsKingsTwentiesMinistersQueensSatPrimeReal WorldSanityPopePrime MinisterBack HomeNineteenKings And QueensWorld Famous Author:Wilma Rudolph
“I had a series of childhood illnesses... scarlet fever.... pneumonia.... Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.” WorldYearsPersonsSportsChildhoodGrewGrew UpDecidedSeriesAverageIllnessNineFeverNine YearsAverage PersonScarletBracesPolioPneumonia Author:Wilma Rudolph
“The potential for greatness lives within us all.” BlackGreatnessNotionAthleteAfrican AmericanAmerican HistoryOlympicsUnderestimateBlack WomenOur DreamsHuman SpiritInspirational SportsMedalBlack HistoryUs HistoryGold MedalsNever UnderestimateUnderestimatedOlympic GamesHuman PotentialAthlete MotivationalOlympianBlack History MonthAfrican American WomenPotential For GreatnessInspirational AthleteGreat AthleteBlack History Month InspirationalAfrican American HistoryInspiring AthleteOlympic AthleteBlack History InspirationalOlympics GamesOlympic MedalsPerseverance MotivationalAfrican American InspirationalAfrican American History MonthBlack InspirationalBlack MotivationalGreatness WithinInfluence And Power Author:Wilma Rudolph