Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes
A retired American athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon as well as in the women's long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals, in those two different events.
(1962 - )
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Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.
[Age]
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Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.
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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.
[Goals]
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I always keep myself in a position of being a student.
[Opportunity]
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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
[Happiness]
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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
[Preparedness]
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Once I leave this earth, I know I've done something that will continue to help others.
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The medals don't mean anything and the glory doesn't last. It's all about your happiness. The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.
[Happiness]
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