“After the scarlet fever and the whooping cough, I remember I started t...” — Wilma Rudolph Quote

“After the scarlet fever and the whooping cough, I remember I started to get mad about it all... I went through the stage of asking myself, 'Wilma, what is this existence all about? Is it about being sick all the time? It can't be.' So I started getting angry about things, fighting back in a new way with a vengeance.”

“When I ran, I felt like a butterfly that was free.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Down South, there was the old 'ladies-don't-do-such-things' way of thinking. You couldn't be a lady and a good athlete at the same time.”

“Doctor: Mr. Melo, do you have Time for us?”

“All our sweetest hours fly fastest.”

“Antigravity, teleportation, time travel, energetic DNA evolution and consciousness transformation could create a world few of us ever even dreamed of.”

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ...”

“Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.”

“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.”