Your environment doesn't define you. I don't have a lot of money, but I can help train people and I can talk to people. We can all be mentors to the next generation. Jackie Joyner-Kersee defineenvironmentgeneration Change image and share on social
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 basketballcrossform Change image and share on social
There are few restrictions on your life with asthma, as long as you take care of yourself. Jackie Joyner-Kersee asthmacarelife Change image and share on social
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 bottleburncapable Change image and share on social
There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian. Jackie Joyner-Kersee helplotolympian Change image and share on social
It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own. Jackie Joyner-Kersee adviceexposefollow share on social
Once I leave this earth, I know I've done something that will continue to help others. Jackie Joyner-Kersee continueearthhave Change image and share on social
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 frontgreatgrow Change image and share on social
I'm a realist and I always have been. Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life. Jackie Joyner-Kersee athleteclasscombination share on social
