Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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It's better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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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. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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Even at 10 or 12, I was a hot, fast little cheerleader. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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Growing up in the time of Title IX - it was passed when I was 10 - I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in women's sports. Of course I didn't know it at the time. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in a little bottle, and it's all going to come out when I do the best I'm capable of doing. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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