Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quote
Jumping has always been the thing to me. It's like leaping for joy, but of course there's more to it than that. Galina Chistyakova [U.S.S.R.] has just done 25 feet, Heike Drechsler [G.D.R.] is on the runway and I'm behind her. You have to respond here and now. It lets you know what you're made of.
Time (19 September 1988)
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![Jumping has always been the thing to me. It's like leaping for joy, but of course there's more to it than that. Galina Chistyakova [U.S.S.R.] has...](https://img.libquotes.com/pic-quotes/v4/jackie-joyner-kersee-quote-lbt7g3c.jpg)
