Florence Griffith Joyner Quotes

To succeed, you must have tremendous perserverance... tremendous will. "I will drink the ocean", says the perservering soul; at my will mountains will crumble. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal.

You can make your own way. It's about getting out there and not letting rejection get you down.

I tend not to really think about what other people say. I'd rather just try and focus on what I'm doing, try and win basically.

To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will.

To work with undaunted energy! What fear! Who is powerful enough to thwart you.

I have too much drive and determination to let anything falter me.

No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed.

Motivation fuels the attitude that builds the Confidence necessary to sustain the Persistence.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Whether football's here or not, I will be fine. I go out, I play to win.

My mother has taught me to be self-reliant, independent and ambitious. She has taught me to chase my goals even though nobody believes in you, you need to believe and you need to fly.

Fixedness of purpose is the root of all successful efforts.

Losing is essential to anyone's success. The more you lose, the more you want to win.

There is nothing more certain than the defeat of the man who gives up.

All the people in the late '80s and early '90s were really hell-bent on doing something for themselves, and they wouldn't take no for an answer. There was a lot of determination, and I was definitely part of that way of thinking.

Virtually nothing on earth can stop a person with a positive attitude who has his goals clearly in sight.

We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.

You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what I tell my students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.

If you cant be brave then be determined. And you will end up in the same place.

I raised you to be a thoroughbred. When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight ahead with no distractions, no other horses. They hear the crowd, but they don’t listen. They just run their own race. That’s what you have to do. Don’t listen to anyone comparing you to me or to anyone else. You just run your own race.

Defeat is not an option. Period. The End.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.