Florence Griffith Joyner Professions : Track and field athlete Born : December 21, 1959 Died : September 21, 1998 Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Florence Griffith Joyner Nothing is going to be handed to you -- you have to make things happen. Florence Griffith Joyner taken-for-granted life-changing change I believe in the impossible because no one else does. Florence Griffith Joyner impossible doe believe I know what I have to do, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I'll come out a winner, and it doesn't matter what anyone else does. Florence Griffith Joyner athlete motivational inspirational When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore. Florence Griffith Joyner positivity athlete motivational I pray hard, work hard, and leave the rest to God. Florence Griffith Joyner hard-work praying faith When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side. Florence Griffith Joyner sight looks firsts 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 running morning If you want to run as fast as the men, you've got to train like the men. Florence Griffith Joyner want running men I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg. Florence Griffith Joyner different hair school I don't do drugs. I never have taken any drugs. I don't believe in them. Florence Griffith Joyner drug taken believe 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 block practice running You were born to run. Maybe not that fast, maybe not that far, maybe not as efficiently as others. But to get up and move, to fire up that entire energy-producing, oxygen-delivering, bone-strengthening process we call running. Florence Griffith Joyner oxygen running moving I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I have to be happy within myself first. Florence Griffith Joyner athlete looks firsts 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 basketball brother football I like being unconventional. Florence Griffith Joyner unconventional People don't pay much attention to you when you are second best. I wanted to see what it felt like to be number one. Florence Griffith Joyner numbers attention people 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 weight giving rooms 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. Florence Griffith Joyner dream talking kids 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 vegetables people thinking 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 sadness dream moving Similar Authors Aries Merritt track-and-field-athlete Amy Hastings track-and-field-athlete Allyson Felix track-and-field-athlete Bob Beamon track-and-field-athlete David Rudisha track-and-field-athlete Dayron Robles track-and-field-athlete All Authors
