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Florence Griffith Joyner Quotes

American - Athlete | December 21, 1959 - September 21, 1998

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

Florence Griffith Joyner

Car Morning Fitness Warm You Early

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.

Florence Griffith Joyner

Family Food Money Walk People Think

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

Florence Griffith Joyner

Me Being Different Things Different

I believe in the impossible because no one else does.

Florence Griffith Joyner

Impossible Believe I Believe Because

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

Florence Griffith Joyner

Me Listening More Anything Just Any

I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.

Florence Griffith Joyner

Love Strength Me Always Room Give

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

Florence Griffith Joyner

Believe Never Taken Them Any

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

Florence Griffith Joyner

Men You Fast Train Want Run

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.

Florence Griffith Joyner

Trying Body Cry Run Way Try

To do justice to a lifelong dream of being a writer, I must give it the intense concentration and focus I gave to track. To do both with excellence is not possible. It is with a sense of sadness and joyous anticipation that I leave track and move on.

Florence Griffith Joyner

Justice Focus Excellence Sadness

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

Florence Griffith Joyner

Mom Wait Hair Look High Heels High

I was always doing something physical. My brothers and I used to have handstand contests. We'd walk around the projects on our hands and see who could get the farthest. I was always playing football with them, basketball or racing in the street.

Florence Griffith Joyner

Walk Football Basketball Doing Hands

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