Quotes and Sayings about Training

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.

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

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.

Everything is practice.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

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.

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.

Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

There is no such thing as bad ideas. Just poorly executed awesome ideas.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.

As a Jedi, we were trained to be keepers of the peace, not soldiers. But all I've been since I was a Padawan is a soldier.

Impatience for victory will guarantee defeat.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

I can't believe it, maybe he's a liar! He's so good for 17 years old, he's a fantastic player. There was one moment when he didn't get the ball from central defenders, how he shouts and demands that ball to him at 17 means a lot.

Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.

When you speak and represent the person of Jesus Christ in all actions of your life, people are drawn to that. You set the standard with your actions. The words can come after.

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.

I see a very bright future with a lot of young talents.

We're inside a game, bro!

Real pain is the result of losing someone you care about.

We went from a shitty team to one of the all-time best dynasties. All you needed was one little match to start that whole fire.

A true leader does what is right, no matter what others think.

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.

I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.

Don't waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living.

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.