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Growing up in the time of Title IX - it was passed when I was 10 -

Growing up in the time of Title IX – it was passed when I was 10 – I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in womens sports. Of course I didnt know it at the time. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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I do not take steroids. I never have. Its sad to me that people want to point fingers. I dont do that. Thats not me. I wouldnt feel like a human being. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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When I was in elementary school, we werent allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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