“Strength does not come from the physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Ghandi
“Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince.”
“Fitness is like a relationship. You can’t cheat and expect it to work. Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” —Jerry Rice
“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” —Unknown
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” —Aristotle
“No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch.” —Unknown
“Sweat is fat crying.” —Unknown
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” —Wayne Gretzky
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” —Tommy Lasorda
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” —Steve Prefontaine
“You’re only one workout away from a good mood.” —Unknown
“Nothing will work unless you do.” —Maya Angelou
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” —Unknown
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“The difference between try and triumph is a little ‘umph’.” —Unknown
“The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.” —Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” —Muhammad Ali
“Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.” —Unknown
“If you’re tired of starting over, stop giving up.” —Unknown
“When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” —Unknown
“Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” —Oprah Winfrey
“Create healthy habits, not restrictions.” —Unknown
“Don’t let the scale define you. Be active, be healthy, be happy.” —Unknown
“It’s going to be a journey. It’s not a sprint to get in shape.” —Kerri Walsh Jennings
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” —Tony Robbins
“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t pretend that you do and, and some point, you will.” —Venus Williams
“Strive for progress, not perfection.” —Unknown
“All great achievements require time.” —Maya Angelou
“We cannot start over. But we can begin now and make a new ending.” —Zig Ziglar
“Of course it’s hard. It’s supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. Hard is what makes it great.”
“No pain, no gain. Shut up and train.”
“Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince.”
“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.”
“Train insane or remain the same.”
“Definition of a really good workout: when you hate doing it, but you love finishing it.”
“Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.”
“Suck it up. And one day you won’t have to suck it in.”
“I will beat her. I will train harder. I will eat cleaner. I know her strengths. I’ve lost to her before but not this time. She is going down. I have the advantage because I know her well. She is the old me.”
“Success starts with self-discipline.”
“Good things come to those who sweat.”
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
“A one hour workout is 4% of your day. No excuses.”
“The body achieves what the mind believes.”
“What seems impossible today will one day become your warm-up.”
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
“Someone busier than you is working out right now.”
“Hustle for that muscle.”