Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 3, 1962

It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

What people need to know is that asthma isn't a minor 'wheeze-disease.' It kills over five thousand people in America every year, and I could've been one of them.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

There are few restrictions on your life with asthma, as long as you take care of yourself.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it's in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I love track and field, but I also know the day will come when I will have to do something else.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I always have been trying to work on the other side of Jackie, and that is, making sure that my appearance, that my image, is right; also, working in the job world, knowing how it is to wake up and go to a job.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee