Quotes by Wilma Rudolph

“Winning is not a sometime thing, its an all time thing. You dont win once in a while, you dont do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

“Winning isnt always finishing first. Sometimes winning is just finishing.”

“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.”

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

“My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.”

Winning is great but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.

My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.

Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.

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.

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.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person Im competing with is me.