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• ‟ I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.

  - Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  

• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ Some people are embarrassed to say they came from East St. Louis, Ill., but now more people want to claim it. I grew up in a community center and I knew what it gave me. I always knew I wanted to give back and help people because people helped me.

  - Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  

• ‟ 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
  

• ‟ 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
  

• ‟ 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