Motivational Quotes
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fawcettenator posted 24 weeks ago.
My swim coach uses this quote all of the time and I LOVE it,
"Tired is a state of mind,
exhaustion is a state of body."
Tired is a state of mind, exhaustion is a state of body.
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chekmarks posted 24 weeks ago.
"you ain't pushin' if you ain't pukin' "
i'd put this one by the garbage can.
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skunkworxz posted 24 weeks ago.
My favorite - "You must do the thing you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt.
And an old high school coach used to say "I can't means I won't, I won't means pushups". Not sure where it originated, but it's a good one.
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Tamara posted 24 weeks ago.
TryScott - Do a search in the forums. I think this topic has come up multiple times so you'll likely find some good suggestions from earlier threads.
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Quincyceltic posted 24 weeks ago.
"I am an efficient machine requiring a little fuel to go a long way"
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CadenceGuy posted 24 weeks ago.
"Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, an hour, a day or a week. If I quit however, that lasts for a lifetime." Lance Armstrong
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tri-ac posted 24 weeks ago.
"GET YOUR A$$ IN GEAR!!!!" - a former high school coach
i didn't need to repeat it to myself as a mantra because i could hear him across the field! :)
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mastromb posted 24 weeks ago.
"There's nothing more painful than regret." - No Fear Shirt
My dad, who was also my high school swim coach, gave me a t-shirt with this saying on it when I was a junior in high school. Since than if has become a pillar on which I base many of my life decisions.
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the staring man posted 24 weeks ago.
"Pain is weakness leaving the body"
"FIDO" or F*ck It and Drive On"
- My Army Drill Sergeant
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f1oored posted 24 weeks ago.
mastromb wrote:
"There's nothing more painful than regret." - No Fear ShirtMy dad, who was also my high school swim coach, gave me a t-shirt with this saying on it when I was a junior in high school. Since than if has become a pillar on which I base many of my life decisions.
You base your life decisions on a no fear t-shirt?
BTW, I heard once that breaking the femur is the most painful thing a person can experience, maybe even worse than regret.
“If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?” ~Chuck Palahniuk~
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jtrimom posted 24 weeks ago.
"HTFU" (harden the f*ck up) - I hear that in my head with the voice of my spin instructor/ coach every time it hurts and I want to quit (he's a sadist)
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zagfan posted 24 weeks ago.
My new favorite is my old training partner yelling at me: "Stop feeling sorry for yourself...Focus!" That usually snaps me out of my funk and gets me back on pace.
"Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever." Lance Armstrong
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deepbluex posted 24 weeks ago.
I used to like "pain is weakness leaving the body" but then i did my first HIM and then I realized a few hours in that pain is actually weakness entering the body.
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GaryTimTim posted 24 weeks ago.
If you go the motivational poster route, make sure you throw in one of these (probably on the back of the door) to keep it light and keep any visitors guessing...
http://despair.com/viewall.html
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KitKat posted 24 weeks ago.
jtrimom wrote:
"HTFU" (harden the f*ck up) - I hear that in my head with the voice of my spin instructor/ coach every time it hurts and I want to quit (he's a sadist)
That's my favorite. I tell people tp HTFU all the time, needless to say I'm well hated :)
**Pain is weakness leaving the body**
*Smile, it does a body good*
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prendergi posted 24 weeks ago.
I just thought of this one this morning as I was running this hill this morning being passed by some cars - "Make it look easy." That got me through my hill repeats.
"The pain of discipline is far less than the pain of regret" - Sarah Bombell
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cayman posted 18 weeks ago.
Now remember, things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.
from The Outlaw Josey Wales
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beads1985 posted 18 weeks ago.
'Nothing to it, but to do it"
Come to the edge,' he said.
They said, 'We are afraid.'
'Come to the edge,' he said.
They came.
He pushed them...
And they flew. - Peter McWilliams
"You can quit and no one will really care....but you will always know"
- John Collins
“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
- Michelangelo
"What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do."
--Aristotle
“qui audet adipiscitur” - who dares wins
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things that you didn't do than by the ones
you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away
from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in
your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain
'Nothing to it, but to do it!'
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azstinger11 posted 17 weeks ago.
If you ain't first you're last - Ricky Bobby
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My wife and I decided to turn our guest bedroom into a workout room. It's looking really nice with a trainer, Bowflex, a big high speed fan on the all, LCD TV/Monitor, and soft mats on the floor. I thought about decorating it with inspirational posters, but then I had the idea to write quotes on the walls. I remember reading this thread a while back with some good quotes in it. Let me know what good ones I'm missing. We aren't sure how many quotes we'll put up, but here are the ones that I like so far. Only one from Patton and Bear Bryant will be used, but they are all good and I'm not sure which...
""Life should NOT be a journey
to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and
well preserved body, but rather to
skid in sideways, Champagne in
one hand - strawberries in the
other, body thoroughly used up,
totally worn out and screaming
'Holy shit - What
a Ride!'"
— Mavis Leyrer
“Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him."
- Woody Hayes
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift."
- Pre
"The test of success is not what you do when your on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"You're never beaten until you admit it."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"If you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do... the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
-General George S. Patton
"It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
- Paul Bear Bryant
"The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it."
- Paul Bear Bryant