Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes

All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Thankful, Life, Give

Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Give, Others, Thoughtful

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

America, Year, Five

Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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

Hurt, Different, Through

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

Sad, Human, Point

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Regret, Ahead, Prepare

It's better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Regret, Ahead, Prepare

Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Life, Health, Fitness

As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

History, Humble, Everything

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

Great, Sports, Basketball

Even at 10 or 12, I was a hot, fast little cheerleader.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Even though I'm not a competitive athlete, I have to still maintain things and try to keep myself fit because I am at that age where I need to make sure to get those regular checkups and make sure everything is in tact.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Age, Everything, Try

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

Time, Women, Great

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

Work, Job, Trying

I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I don't think there is a perfect athlete. But if I had to come close to picking someone who demonstrates all the traits that I feel an athlete should have, I would say the perfect athlete would be Tiger Woods. He has the ability, he's humble and he's very good at what he does.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Good, Humble, Someone

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

Best, Desire, Capable

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Learned, Listen, Helped

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Person, Learned, Listen

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

Love, Else, Track

I might attempt Zumba. I haven't yet, but I thought it would be a lot of fun and different.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Fun, Different, Thought

I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Basketball, Play, Training

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

Tough, Team, Making

I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 18 during my freshman year at UCLA. I refused to accept it - and I hid it from my coaches and teammates. But ignoring my problem didn't make it go away.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Problem, Away, Accept

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Nationality: American

Born: March 3, 1962

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