Quotes about "Work & Career"

There were good jobs, but they were never what I wanted to do. Somehow, people always thought of Wilma Rudolph as a threat. ”

You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have to balance it as well as you can. ”

Even during my career, when I read all those great things about me, it's almost like I was reading about someone else. It's almost like there was another person. ”

I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal. ”

When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was. ”

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports. ”

Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation. ”

Being more vocal - I think that's something, as a professional, you have to be really good at. You have to be able to speak your mind. ”

How you balance class and school and other stuff outside, then working out twice a day - as a freshman, you're thrown right into that. It's good for you. It makes you go through adversity. ”

Every professional has their way of working. ”