Jackie Joyner-Kersee
I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing.
Don't follow in any footprints, make your own prints. Because, you are the future of tomorrow.Collection: Dream
The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.Collection: Softball
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.Collection: Success
I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.Collection: Motivational
Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It's about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to work in order to achieve your goals.Collection: Motivational
If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I'm going.Collection: Inspiring
For me it's the challenge -- the challenge to try to beat myself or do better than I did in the past. I try to keep in mind not what I have accomplished but what I have to try to accomplish in the future.Collection: Past
I don't have to be enemies with someone to be competitors with them.Collection: Competition
There is something about seeing myself improve that motivates and excites me.Collection: Growth
The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.Collection: Sports
I always keep myself in a position of being a student.Collection: Opportunity
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.Collection: Thinking
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.Collection: Mother
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?Collection: Home
Even if the person doesn't know what the internet can do, we can bring it to them and show how it can make a difference in their lives.Collection: Differences
"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."Collection: Inspirational
I might attempt Zumba. I haven’t yet, but I thought it would be a lot of fun and different.Collection: Fun