Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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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's Popular Quotes

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

- 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 a winner, and it doesn't matter what anyone else does.

- 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 up and move, to fire up that entire …

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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