Florence Griffith Joyner

I don't always have the best eating habits. I like butter and ice cream. There are days when I should work out…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I believe in the impossible because no one else does.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

People don't pay much attention to you when you are second best. I wanted to see what it felt like to be…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

Injuries made me a believer in cross-training.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I pray hard, work hard, and leave the rest to God.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I like being unconventional.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

That's what I'd like to do on the President's Council. Make sports and athletics available to every youth in America, not just…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

If you want to run as fast as the men, you've got to train like the men.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I know what I have to do, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I'll come out…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I don't do drugs. I never have taken any drugs. I don't believe in them.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

People want to think that staying in shape costs a lot of money. They couldn't be more wrong. It doesn't cost anything…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I was always doing something physical. My brothers and I used to have handstand contests. We'd walk around the projects on our…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

To do justice to a lifelong dream of being a writer, I must give it the intense concentration and focus I gave…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

Nothing is going to be handed to you -- you have to make things happen.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

You were born to run. Maybe not that fast, maybe not that far, maybe not as efficiently as others. But to get…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it…

— Florence Griffith Joyner