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It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.

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I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded the woman who was the Olympic champion
But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.
i thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.
i had a series of childhood illnesses... scarlet fever.... pneumonia.... Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.
I believe in me more than anything in this world.
I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.
No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.
Black women . . . work because their husbands can't make enough money at their jobs to keep everything going. . . . They don't go to work to find fulfillment, or adventure, or glamour and romance, like so many white women think they are doing. Black women work out of necessity.