I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
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.
I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.
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.
We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable.
It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves
In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
If you think you can't, you're right.
I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.
There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
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