Gym Training Quotes

It wasn't until my late twenties that I learned that by working out I had given myself a great gift. I learned that nothing good comes without work and a certain amount of pain. When I finish a set that leaves me shaking, I know more about myself. When something gets bad, I know it can't be as bad as that workout.

No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training

I had been in the gym training for many, many years, but I definitely stepped it up when it was time to get into shape to play 'Lights'. I began trying to live the life of a boxer, and that means everything that you would expect.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.

The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

Physical fitness can neither be acquired by wishful thinking nor by outright purchase.

There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength. Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true potential, it's impossible to turn back.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight.

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 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.

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

If you think you can't, you're right.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.