The best Quotes by Markus Rühl

People always ask me, "what is your secret?" I'll tell you what the secret is: Work your a-s off in the gym, 14 times a week.

"Hey Markus, why do you still work out like that?" Because I can!

We're lacking character in our society and in sports. We've got so many sugarcoated a-holes. We don't need them. Someone's gotta say the truth.

I don't do this to be healthy, I do this to get big muscles.

Lay down and press, you a-hole!

The most important lesson I've learned is that the most productive exercises are simple and compound.

You really need to consider the message you're sending this boys by ending the lockout. It's the same message that we as a culture send to our professional athletes; and that is that they are above the law. If these boys cannot honor the simple rules of a basketball contract, how long do you think it will be before they're out there breaking the law? I played ball here at Richmond High 30 years ago. It was the same thing then; some of my teammates went to prison, some of them even ended up dead. If you vote to end the lockout, you won't have to terminate me; I'll quit.

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling.

That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish.

When you go running from 23:59 to 00:01, you worked out two days in a row. Doesn't sound bad, does it?

Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.

What I really love about sports isn't winning, ya know? It's having to fight and struggle and give it all you got to reach the top.

When you're rowing a race and you get to the last 20 meters your entire body is telling you to stop. Your muscles are on fire. Your lungs are screaming at you. Everything inside you wants to quit, make the pain go away. But if you want to win, that's exactly when you dig deeper and you row harder.

You don't quit in sports. You retire. You don't get to quit. It's not an option.

If you say you plan to retire in two or three years, you've already retired.

When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.

Jogging is the worst. I know it keeps you healthy, but God, at what cost?

Sometimes it's just enough to keep your body moving. I get depressed if I don't move.

When you read biographies of Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Pete Sampras or Roger Federer, you will often stumble upon the word "humility".

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

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

Talent is a factor. But training and focus are what truly define someone's success.

If you train badly, you play badly. If you work like a beast in training, you play the same way.

Talk is cheap, but when you go out there and prove it - you're the first one to show up for practice, and you're the last to leave - that's how you lead by example.

I feel like when I have good practices, it usually translates into a good game.

Just consider hardships as another part of training and keep working hard.

When you see your leader working extremely hard in practice, you feel like, "man, if I don't give it my all, I shouldn't be here."

The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.

I just work out hard enough that, if I'm craving something, I eat it and know I'm going to burn it off the next day with extra intensity.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

Sincere practice, makes the impossible possible.

I think sometimes the best training is to rest.

The heart is a muscle, and what do muscles do when they're torn? They grow back stronger.

Caroline: "What'd you see in that guy, anyway?"
Max: "He had these muscle thingies."
Caroline: "Oh, those things?"
Max: "Yeah. I don't know what those are called, but they make smart girls stupid."

Makes muscles - not excuses!

Still using all the muscles except the one that matters?

I am not a buff guy who's working out at the gym after practice.

The heart is the strongest muscle.

What's wrong, Frieza? Is your brain another one of your weak and underused muscles?

For me, fitness is a part of my everyday life. But fitness does not mean having big muscles; it means being active, quick, and flexible. It can be defined in many terms.

Leg day is my favorite day. You can't have a thorough leg workout without feeling completely spent. It's a challenge, but the benefits of maintain muscle mass on my legs is important because, as the biggest muscle group in the body, it also helps me keep the proper body composition in terms of fat to muscle ratio.

The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.

What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.

I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.

When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.

I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.