Wilma Rudolph

“I had a dream and I made it come true. That's really all there is to it.”

“The triumph can't be had without the struggle.”

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit.”

“My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.”

“I just want to be remembered as a hard-working lady.”

“I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”

“I have not yet begun to fight. I will run until my legs fall off.”

“Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the skill will only take you so far if you don't have the will to win.”

“I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.”

“I learned that the only way to get what you want out of this life is to work for it.”

“Champions aren't born; they are made through dedication and hard work.”