Gym Motivation Quotes

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

Muhammad Ali

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

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

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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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.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Life, Inspiring, Workout

Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012). “Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Inspirational, Fitness, Motivational Sports

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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The greatest 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

Inspirational, Life, Positive

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If you're going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

Julius Erving

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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

Ronnie Coleman

Motivational, Fitness, Workout

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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

Henry Rollins

Strength, Running, Workout

Henry Rollins (2009). “The Portable Henry Rollins”, p.290, Villard

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Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

Denis Waitley

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Denis Waitley, Dayna Waitley, Deborah Waitley (1999). “The Psychology of Winning for Women: What Every Woman Needs to Know, what Every Man Needs to Understand”, Executive Excellence Pub

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Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Marilyn vos Savant

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Perfectionism: What's Bad About Being Too Good". Book by Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg, 1987.

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

Jim Rohn

Life, Motivational, Inspiring

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jul 30, 2016

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To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

Sugar Ray Robinson

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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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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Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

Thomas Jefferson

Motivational, Fitness, Workout

Thomas Jefferson (1984). “Jefferson: Writings”, p.1245, Library of America

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The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

Scott Hamilton

Inspirational, Positive, Motivational Sports

Scott Hamilton (2009). “The Great Eight: How to Be Happy (even when you have every reason to be miserable)”, p.93, Thomas Nelson Inc

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If you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got.

Marian Diamond

Change, Workout, Emotional

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Fall down seven times, get up eight.

Margi Preus

Strength, Fall, Bodybuilding

Margi Preus (2011). “Heart of a Samurai”, p.157, Abrams

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Don't stop when you're tired; stop when you're done.

Marilyn Monroe

Tired, Gym Motivational, Done

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

Muhammad Ali

Motivational, Dance, Sports

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If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.

Julius Erving

Fitness, Health, Loss

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If you can dream it, you can make it so.

Belva Davis

Inspirational, Positive, Dream

Belva Davis, Vicki Haddock (2011). “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism”, p.215, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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