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Top 25 Wilma Rudolph Quotes (2025 Update)

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “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.”

1. “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.”

— Wilma Rudolph

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Wilma Rudolph Quote: “When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.”

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

— Wilma Rudolph

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Wilma Rudolph Quote: “The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”

3. “The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “I’m in my prime. There’s no goal too far, no mountain too high.”

4. “I’m in my prime. There’s no goal too far, no mountain too high.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.”

5. “Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.”

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

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “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.”

7. “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.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “My doctors told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.”

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

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “I don’t know why I run so fast. I just run.”

9. “I don’t know why I run so fast. I just run.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.”

10. “I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “I believe in me more than anything in this world.”

11. “I believe in me more than anything in this world.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “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.”

12. “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.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

— Wilma Rudolph

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

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

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “Never Underestimate the Power of Dreams and the Influence of the Human Spirit.”

15. “Never Underestimate the Power of Dreams and the Influence of the Human Spirit.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.”

16. “No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “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.”

17. “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.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.”

18. “I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I’m competing with is me.”

19. “I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I’m competing with is me.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.”

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

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded the woman who was the Olympic champion.”

21. “I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded the woman who was the Olympic champion.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “I thought I’d never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner – every time she ran, I ran.”

22. “I thought I’d never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner – every time she ran, I ran.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.”

23. “By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “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.”

24. “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.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “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.”

25. “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.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “I don’t consciously try to be a role model, so I don’t know if I am or not. That’s for other people to decide.”

26. “I don’t consciously try to be a role model, so I don’t know if I am or not. That’s for other people to decide.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there’s always a way to achieve your goals.”

27. “But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there’s always a way to achieve your goals.”

— Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph Quote: “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.”

28. “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.”

— Wilma Rudolph

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