The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.
Jackie Joyner-KerseeRead
What people need to know is that asthma isn't a minor 'wheeze-disease.' It kills over five thousand people in America every year, and I could've been one of them.
Interpretation
Asthma is a serious condition that can be fatal, contrary to common misconceptions about its severity.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee emphasizes the gravity of asthma, arguing that it is often downplayed as a minor health issue. Her personal experience highlights how it can be life-threatening, as she underscores the significant number of deaths it causes annually, which serves as a crucial reminder of the importance of awareness and proper management of the condition.
In practice
In a health seminar discussing chronic illnesses, this quote could highlight the seriousness of asthma.
The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.
Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.
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.
The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.
It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.
The drama of AIDS threatens not just some nations or societies, but the whole of humanity. It knows no frontiers of geography, race, age or social condition(calling) for a supreme effort of international cooperation on the part of government, the world medical and scientific community and all those who exercise influence in developing a sense of more responsibility in society.
I've always danced and exercised. I can't imagine not doing it. I'll be Martha Graham in my 90s doing contractions on the floor.
We live well enough to have the luxury to get ourselves sick with purely social, psychological stress.
Physical well-being is not only a priceless asset to oneself-it is a heritage to be passed on. With good health, all other activities of life are greatly enhanced. A clean mind in a healthy body enables one to render far more effective service to others. It helps one provide more vigorous leadership. It gives our every experience in life more zest and more meaning. Robust health is a noble and worthwhile attainment.
Just using a checklist requires [doctors] to embrace different values from ones we've had, like humility, discipline, teamwork.
It is easy to lay the blame on successive governments for failing to address health as a fundamental right for the Indian people. But the real tragedy is that we, the people of India, have not taken our government to task for this catastrophic failure.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.