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When anyone tells me I can’t do anything, I’m just not listening anymore.

— Florence Griffith-Joyner

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When told she can't do something, she simply stops hearing it. The speaker describes tuning out doubters as a habit, so naysaying has no effect on what she decides to attempt. It's a confident statement about filtering out other people's limits.

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