Gym Motivation Quotes

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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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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If you're going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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

Marian Diamond

Change, Workout, Emotional

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You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

Serena Williams

Positive, Sports, Believe

"Serena Williams: How Black Women Can Close the Pay Gap". fortune.com. July 31, 2017.

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I don't believe in bodybuilders using steroids. If a man doesn't have enough male hormones in his system to create, a nice hard, muscular body, he should take up ping pong.

Steve Reeves

Motivational, Workout, Nice

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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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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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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

Lance Armstrong

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

"It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life". Book by Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins, May 22, 2000.

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The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

Muhammad Ali

Motivational, Success, Dance

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 17, 2014

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Liberate yourself, because no one else is going to liberate you

Salman Rushdie

Gym Motivational, Push Yourself, Faith In Yourself

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

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Don't Stop when you are Tired. Stop When You are Done.

David Goggins

Motivational, Tired, Done

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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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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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If you fail to prepare you prepare to fail.

Donnie Burns

Dance, Failing, Great Bodybuilding

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If you can dream it, you can do it.

Walt Disney

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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