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As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Book
History Books
Humble
People
Perspective
Young People
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Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
All Time
Competing
Great Memories
Memories
Ncaa
Track
Track And Field
Ucla
Title
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"Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track."
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Inspirational
Sports
Basketball
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The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Anniversary
Smile
Broken
Games
London
Mark
Setting
Two
Winning
Time Hope World
Record
Mine
Outlive
World Record
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My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Kids
Attitude
Asthma
Denial
Educated
Irresponsible
Risk
Hope Great Me
Caused
Condition
Open
Seek
Needless
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When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Sports
Cheerleading
Elementary School
Junior High
Practice
School
Allowed
Elementary
Gymnasium
Junior
Let Us
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Society always needs a level playing field. In order to do that, you have to have opportunity, and providing that opportunity begins with 'how do we bridge that gap,' that so-called Digital Divide? How can we get internet into every home possible?
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Opportunity
Home
Bridges
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Some people are embarrassed to say they came from East St. Louis, Ill., but now more people want to claim it. I grew up in a community center and I knew what it gave me. I always knew I wanted to give back and help people because people helped me.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
East
Embarrassed
Ill
Community Me People
Louis
Always Community Me
Center
Claim
Help People
More People
St. Louis
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I'm a realist and I always have been. Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Quality
Athlete
Combination
Realist
Training
World Class
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There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Opportunity
Generations
Voice
Ambassador
Generation
Opportunities
Paved
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Getting started as a volunteer anywhere can be a challenge to a lot of people. The biggest hurdle is that people think they have to give all of their spare time. But if you only have a half hour, you can still make a difference. Assisting with small tasks is invaluable.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Differences
People
Thinking
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It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Advice
Footprint
Life Believe Me
Expose
Walls
Young People
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I don't think there is a perfect athlete. But if I had to come close to picking someone who demonstrates all the traits that I feel an athlete should have, I would say the perfect athlete would be Tiger Woods. He has the ability, he's humble and he's very good at what he does.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Athlete
Traits
Woods
Picking
Tiger
Tiger Woods
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We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Opportunity
Women
Sports
Discrimination
Endless
Equal
Games
Given
Hopefully
Olympic Games
Racism
Sexism
Taught
Women Great Start
Women Are
Between
Bridge
Field
Gap
Olympic
Playing
Possibilities
Start
Where
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All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Thankful
Committed
Giving
Granted
Grateful
People
Percent
Results
Speak
Wanted
Life Myself Always
Also
Be Thankful
Doing
Ever
Whatever
Give
Helped
Never Take
Themselves
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The greatest finish line for me was finishing college - it was a pact I made with my mother, during a time when she fell ill. That happened during my Freshman year, and unfortunately she never saw me compete in the Olympics. But she really wanted me to finish college, because she never finished Junior High.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
College
Mother
Years
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Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Jobs
Bronze
Bronze Medal
Doubt
Injured
Medal
Olympic Games
Soil
Winning
Best Great Myself
Muscle
Finish
Olympic
Psyche
Pull
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The glory of sport comes from dedication, determination and desire. Achieving success and personal glory in athletics has less to do with wins and losses than it does with learning how to prepare yourself so that at the end of the day, whether on the track or in the office, you know that there was nothing more you could have done to reach your ultimate goal.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Olympic Athlete
Success
Sports
Determination
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