Guess quote

Florence Griffith Joyner [1959-1998] American

Rank: 102
Athlete, Track and field athlete

Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner, also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete. She is considered the fastest woman of all time based on the fact that the world records she set in 1988 for both the 100 m and 200 m still stand and have yet to be seriously challenged.

Car, Change, Dreams, Fitness, Mom, Morning, Strength

Quote	Tags	Rank
A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.	Car, Fitness, Morning	101
The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.		102
Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.		103
When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.		104
I believe in the impossible because no one else does.		105
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.	Change	106
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.	Dreams	107
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.		108
If you want to run as fast as the men, you've got to train like the men.		109
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.		110
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.		111
I don't do drugs. I never have taken any drugs. I don't believe in them.		112
I like being unconventional.		113
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.	Mom	114
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.		115
I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.	Strength	116
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.		117
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 one day a week like it was for me, but every day.		118

The script ran 0.008 seconds.