Believe Me, The Reward Is Not So

I Don't Know Why I Run So Fast. I Just Run.

The Triumph Can't Be Had Without The Struggle. And I Know What Struggle Is. 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.

Black Women . . . Work Because Their Husbands Can't Make Enough Money At Their Jobs To Keep Everything Going. . . . They Don't Go To Work To Find Fulfillment, Or Adventure, Or Glamour And Romance, Like So Many White Women Think They Are Doing. Black Women Work Out Of Necessity.

I Had A Series Of Childhood Illnesses... Scarlet Fever.... Pneumonia.... Polio. I Walked With Braces Until I Was At Least Nine Years Old. My Life Wasn't Like The Average Person Who Grew Up And Decided To Enter The World Of Sports.

No Matter What Great Things You Accomplish, Somebody Helps You.