“Once I leave this earth, I know I've done something that will continue to help others.”
"Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind."
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Belief
"The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing."
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Happiness
"There is something about seeing myself improve that motivates and excites me."
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Motivation
"The mental part is the hardest part."
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Adversity
"Age is not a barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind."
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Belief in Self
"You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want."
- Zig Ziglar
Service
"So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, you should do it all for God's glory."
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"Whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
- Jesus
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"Do you know who will go first on the Day of Resurrection to the shade of God…Those who when given what is right accept it, when asked for something give freely and who judge in favor of others as they do for themselves."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
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"If anyone fulfills his brother’s needs, Allah will fulfill his needs; if one relieves a Muslim of his troubles, Allah will relieve his troubles on the Day of Resurrection."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
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