Motivational Quotes for Athletes
"The uncomfortable truth is too many of those who venture to the fields of iron and steel give up, quit, abandon the glorious task too soon to realize the sub-surface bounty of exercise, good eating and training. The qualities they lacked to keep them going were amongst the qualities they were about to discover" - Dave Draper in Brother Iron, Sister Steel
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog" - Magic Johnson, NBA Star
"Pain is temporary, pride is forever" - Unknown
"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher & Writer
"I hated every minute of training, but I said, don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion." - Muhammad Ali, Boxer
"Try and fail is the manner of losers; try and learn is the way of the strong." - Unknown
"Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret!" - Unknown
"Only the weak attempts to accomplish what he knows he can already achieve." - Stella Juarez, Author
"Failure will not overcome me so long as my will to succeed is stronger" - Micheal S. Kirby
"If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don't nurse your bruises. Get up and light-heartedly, courageously, good temperedly get ready for the next encounter. This is the only way to take life - this is also 'playing' the game!" - Emily Post
"The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope" - Norman Cousins, Author
"That which does not kill me makes me stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher, Poet, and Classical Philologist
"Fall down seven times, get up eight" -Chinese proverb
"There is nothing we cannot live down, rise above, and overcome." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"Success must be felt within before it can be seen on the outside." - Unknown
"There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them." - Ralph Marston, Author and Publisher of The Daily Motivator
"You have to do what others won't to achieve what others don't." - Unknown
"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher & Writer
"Pain is only weakness leaving the body" - Unknown
"Good luck is the result of hard work and preparation" - Unknown
"Strength is the product of struggle" - Unknown
"The race goes not only to the swift nor the contest to the strong, but that's the way to bet your money" - Unknown
"How am I to know what I can achieve if I quit?" -Jason Bishop, About Bodybuilding Reader
"Belief triggers the power to do" -David Schwartz in The Magic of Thinking Big
"We know what we are, but know not what we may be." William Shakespeare
"It's never too late to become what you might have been". -George Elliot
"Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility." - Oprah Winfrey
"Nothing in life just happens. You have to have the stamina to meet the obstacles and overcome them." - Golda Meir, Israeli Political Leader
"We must train from the inside out. Using our strengths to attack and nullify any weaknesses. It's not about denying a weakness may exist but about denying its right to persist." Vince McConnell
"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something. You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent." -Arnold Schwarzenegger
"There are only two options regarding commitment, You're either in or your out. There's no such thing as life in between." - Anonymous
Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated." -Anonymous
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." -Arnold Schwarzenegger
