Wilma Rudolph

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.

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

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

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