Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki. Duke Kahanamoku
When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more. Florance Griffith Joyner
Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different. Florance Griffith Joyner
The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path. Florance Griffith Joyner
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. Florance Griffith Joyner
I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed. Florance 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 try to be like me. Be better than me. Florance 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 and I don't. But it's never too late to change old habits. Florance 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 hands and see who could get the farthest. I was always playing football with them, basketball or racing in the street. Florance 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 one day a week like it was for me, but every day. Florance Griffith Joyner
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. Florance 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 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. Florance Griffith Joyner
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. Florance Griffith Joyner