More From 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."
- "We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless."
- "When I was in elementary school, we weren’t allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first."
More In Age
- "We’re saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who’ve already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation."― Paul Ryan
- "All of my friends are my age and we are all ageing at the same time. We talk about it and moan, but it doesn’t bother me."― Claudia Schiffer
- "The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750,000 girls per year."― Jane Fonda