Motivational Sports quotes
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"The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens."
"Every man is the builder of a temple called his body."
"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
"I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on."
"Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David."
"What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?"
"I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will."
"If my life was a movie, no one would believe it."
"I fight for perfection"
"Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter."
"There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps."
"Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain."
"You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."
"It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat."
"I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works."
"I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future."
"What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!"
"I'm addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day."
"Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole."
"Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed."
