Quote by Jackie Joyner-Kersee
When I was in elementary school, we werent allowed to do sports ot

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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