#eve

Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#before #children #devoted #everything #had

I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#doing #dream #get #i #never

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#children #i #met #never #people

I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#choice #comedian #funny #funny movie #goal

To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#goes #grow #grow up #loss #mother

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#each #greatness #human #human spirit #influence

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#day #determination #else #every #every day

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#believed #doctor #i #me #mother

But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#always #come #family #goals #large

The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#away #could #ever #feeling #gold