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Later on in life, I discovered that in order for me to be successful, I had to have a challenge. I can't do a nine to five job.

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There were good jobs, but they were never what I wanted to do. Somehow, people always thought of Wilma Rudolph as a threat.

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In college, I was an education major and qualified for several jobs. But the fame that came with the Olympic medals was too threatening to many people.

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You become world famous, and you sit with kings and queens, and then your first job is just a job. You can't go back to living the way you did before because you've been taken out of one setting and shown the other. That becomes a struggle and makes you struggle.

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I was six years old before I realized that there was something wrong with me... But I did have this crooked left leg, and my left foot was turned inward.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: June 23rd, 1940

Died: November 12th, 1994

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