I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.

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• Florence Griffith Joyner:

  I was always doing something physical. My brothers and I used to have handstand contests. We'd walk

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  I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different

• Florence Griffith Joyner:

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  That's what I'd like to do on the President's Council. Make sports and athletics available to every

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  I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach

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  I don't always have the best eating habits. I like butter and ice cream. There are days when I shou

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  Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.

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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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  To do justice to a lifelong dream of being a writer, I must give it the intense concentration and f