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.
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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.
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee (46)
Birth: | 3rd March, 1962 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Athlete |
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Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, USA. She is an American retired track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the heptathlon as well as long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals, in those two events at four different Olympic Games. She studied at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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