When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
From Florence Griffith Joyner
Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.
The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
I believe in the impossible because no one else does.
I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me.
I don't always have the best eating habits. I like butter and ice cream. There are days when I should work out and I don't. But it's never too late to change old habits.
A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.
I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the way I ran. I would get so frustrated with my starts in practices that I would just cry. When I ran, I wouldn't even try to get out of the blocks, I would just run.
People want to think that staying in shape costs a lot of money. They couldn't be more wrong. It doesn't cost anything to walk. And it's probably a lot cheaper to go to the corner store and buy vegetables than take a family out for fast food.
I don't do drugs. I never have taken any drugs. I don't believe in them.
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