Bodybuilding Training Quotes

• 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• You're gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you've ever dreamed. But when it's over, I know you'll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. DO IT!

  Tony Burton

  Motivational, Sports, Dream

  "Rocky's Tony Burton Dead at 78: Sylvester Stallone Remembers His Onscreen Trainer With Sweet Instagram" by Bruna Nessif, www.eonline.com. February 26, 2016.

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• Your love for what you do and willingness to push yourself where others aren't prepared to go is what will make you great.

  Laurence Shahlaei

  Workout, Bad Ass, Push Yourself

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

  Markus Ruhl

  Workout, Bodybuilding, Healthy

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• Some people like to live without too much risk. They're satisfied leading a safe existence. This attitude of caution infiltrates into their goals. Every successful athlete - or businessperson - enjoys taking calculated risks. You have to. Especially in the gym when you're squatting 500 for reps and you can't get one more but grunt out ten. Your nose starts bleeding, you fall into the rack and that's set one.

  Tom Platz

  Workout, Attitude, Fall

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• I'm not the kind of guy who tries to run between the drops. Sometimes you gotta get a little wet to reach your destination

  Erik Fankhouser

  Running, Workout, Guy

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• If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.

  Joey Adams

  Fitness, Exercise, Bad Ass

  Joey Adams (1981). “Strictly for laughs”, A & W Publishers, Inc.

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• The best activities for your health are pumping and humping.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Sports, Motivation

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• To feel strong, to walk amongst humans with a tremendous feeling of confidence and superiority is not at all wrong. The sense of superiority in bodily strength is borne out by the long history of mankind paying homage in folklore, song and poetry to strong men

  Fredrick Hatfield

  Song, Strong, Men

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• Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

  John Wooden

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.101, Gospel Light Publications

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

  Joan Walsh Anglund

  Motivational, Fitness, Health

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

  Joseph Pilates

  Motivational, Fitness, Exercise

  "Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology".

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• Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.

  Mark Rippetoe

  Motivational, Strong, Workout

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• Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.

  Henry Rollins

  Motivational Workout, Blood, Mind

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• There is no point in being alive if you cannot do the deadlift

  Jon Pall Sigmarsson

  Strength, Bodybuilding, Alive

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

  Jack Dempsey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Biceps are like ornaments on a Christmas tree.

  Ed Coan

  Sports, Workout, Bodybuilding

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• On the Internet, everyone squats. In real life, the squat rack is always empty. You figure out what this means.

  Steve Shaw

  Motivational, Workout, Real

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• People have become separated from their bodies. They are no longer whole. I see them move from their offices to their cars and on to their suburban homes. They stress out constantly, they lose sleep, they eat badly. And they behave badly. Their egos run wild; they become motivated by that which will eventually give them a massive stroke. They need the Iron Mind.

  Henry Rollins

  Running, Stress, Moving

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• I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.

  Jack LaLanne

  Motivational, Exercise, Discipline

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• A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

  Jesse Owens

  Motivational, Sports, Quilts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Train insane or remain the same.

  Jillian Michaels

  Motivational, Insane, Fitness Training

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• Always remember this...there is only ONE recipe for strength. A secret recipe that was handed down from Sandow to John Grimek to Paul Anderson to Vasily Alexeev to Bill Kazmaier to me. Now I'm giving you that magical recipe...hard work plus proper nutrition plus time equals strong.

  Steve Pulcinella

  Strong, Workout, Hard Work

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• That's a good weight...for a small woman

  Dorian Yates

  Motivational, Workout, Bodybuilding

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• You've got to block out all distractions when you train. Your focus has to be 100% into the rep. You've got to get into a zone. You know you're in the zone when guys in the gym look you in the eye and then quickly turn away 'cause they see the fire. You've got to be all business.

  Mike Matarazzo

  Workout, Block, Eye

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