Jackie Joyner-Kersee: 6x Olympic Medalist + Philanthropist (ep. 450)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.8 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee is regarded by many as the greatest female athlete of all time. After retiring, Jackie chose to return to her impoverished hometown with a greater purpose: empower youth in her community to dream, and have the drive and determination to succeed.
Today, hear Jackie share the pivotal moments in her life when she chose to never give up, why she refuses to let her environment define who she is and what that means for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, look, Dad, your friend is building it. |
| 0:04.6 | My friends, we were downtown driving around the new soccer stadium that is being built right here in St. Louis, Missouri, when my son, Patrick, yelled that out from the backseat of the car. |
| 0:15.1 | Look, Dad, your friends are building it. |
| 0:17.5 | He was referring to my friends at Keely Companies. |
| 0:20.1 | Keely Companies is proud to be |
| 0:21.9 | a part of the team that is bringing major league soccer to America's first soccer capital right here |
| 0:28.2 | in St. Louis, Missouri. As construction partners of the St. Louis City Stadium, they are looking |
| 0:33.2 | forward for this project to be a place for entertainment, camaraderie, and passion for generations |
| 0:38.9 | to come. You can learn more about that project and look what else they're building dad by |
| 0:43.9 | visiting them right now online at keeliecompanies.com. Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with |
| 0:53.3 | John O'Leary. |
| 0:54.7 | John is the number one national bestselling author of the book On Fire. |
| 0:58.9 | He's a world-class inspirational speaker, and he's the host of the Live-inspired podcast. |
| 1:04.0 | John interviews extraordinary individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from accidental living and more fully live your life |
| 1:12.8 | story. Here's your host, John O'Leary. Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired |
| 1:20.3 | podcast with John O'Leary. Today, and I say this a lot, but today I really, really mean it, |
| 1:27.4 | you are in for a treat for two |
| 1:30.0 | different reasons. |
| 1:30.7 | Number one, the episode that you are about to listen to was not only recorded live, but it's |
| 1:35.7 | streamed live, meaning if you follow us on any of the social platforms, you had an opportunity |
| 1:41.5 | today to tune in and listen to our guests, to ask |
| 1:44.6 | her questions, to provide feedback, to be part of the programming. |
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