Florence Griffith Joyner Quotes

I was told I wasn't good enough, but I just chose not to listen.

There's always going to be someone out there... who doesn't believe in you or who thinks your head is too big or you're not smart enough. But those are the people you need to ignore, and those are the times you need to just keep doing what you love doing.

Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.

Believe in yourself, and don't let anyone stand in your way.

You don't have to let a bad experience stop you from doing what you want to do.

I was raised to feel that I can do anything, and I will always believe that.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

You really have to stay true to yourself, as cheesy as that sounds. And you cannot take no for an answer, and you have to dream big. I think that's the greatest thing my family ever taught me: if you're going to dream, you have to dream so big.

My parents always told me that nothing was impossible.

You just have to keep believing in yourself.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

I always joke about letting the haters motivate you. Everybody has that in their life, people who doubt them or make them feel less than they are. It just takes faith and belief in yourself, and you've got to dig deep into that. That has to come from you - nobody's going to give you that.

Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

Sometimes the mere assumption that you have the right to go, will get you there!

I've never let myself give up, because I believe in myself. I want to get stronger than I have ever been, and I will continue to tell myself that I can do it, no matter what the odds.

I'm never going to stop believing in myself.

I want people to use my story to stand up, be strong-willed and persevere.

I've always been the type of person that thinks, 'If someone else can do it, so can I.'

I've experienced industry politics and... people telling me I'm never going to make it. I'll never listen. I'm doing me.

When they say you can't, show them you can.

When people doubt me, I want to prove them wrong.