Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From enjoyment comes the will to win. — Arthur Lydiard
Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training. You can't be lackluster in training and concentrate in a meet. — Edwin Moses
Training is what you are doing while your opponent is sleeping in. — Brian Owen
Most of the time I meet my trainer at the gym and we do a lot of everything: weights circuit with cardio, football drills, sprinting with weights on the treadmill. — Charisma Carpenter
Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not. — George A. Sheehan
To be a top-class athlete, you have to train hard, you have to eat right, you have to get enough rest. I feel the way golf is going nowadays, you have to treat yourself as an athlete. — Rory McIlroy
Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts do it...only business people think it isn't necessary to train. — Tom Peters
Strength and conditioning are the keys to good performance and longevity in gymnastics. — Suzanne Yoculan
It's important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you can improve your eye through a kind of overexertion. — Rafael Nadal
In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up. — Sayings
If you want a simple strength and conditioning program, stick to the basics. Run your 400s and 800s, and do lots of power cleans and presses and long heavy sets of squats. — Mike Webster
Training can be monotonous, and it is hard work, but you never lose sight of why you are doing it. Every single effort of every single session counts in the months and years leading up to a big event. — Chris Hoy
For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body. — Gary Neville
Every training session, I work hard to improve my weaknesses and build on my strengths. — Antoine Griezmann
There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race. — Emil Zatopek
Short Sports Training Quotes
No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training — Socrates
It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. — Queen Elizabeth
If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat. — Herschel Walker
The most important thing to do is to set goals. Training is a waste of time if you don't have goals. — Samantha Riley
Hard work and training. There's no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard and aim to be the best. — Ronnie Coleman
The real drug is to train like a madman, really like a madman. — Aleksandr Karelin
All my life I train hard, like since I beginning walking. — Khabib Nurmagomedov
If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy. — Amby Burfoot
Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. — Gene Tunney
Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance. — Mao Zedong
Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.
Training Hard For Sports Quotes
Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it. — Andre Agassi
The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing. — Frank Shorter
You've got to be dedicated to train as hard as you can, for as long as you can, because in any sport, and especially this environment, there's a lot of contact. It's all about conditioning and good preparation to keep your body in the best condition possible to play games. — Filo Tiatia
Your strongest muscle
You cannot have that attitude of where I am going to tuck my tail between my legs and go home. You have to keep going back for more. That's why cycling is a very competitive sport. You have to have determination and drive to train hard and put forth a good effort. — Robin Farina
I think God has it written down for me, that without training and working hard you will never achieve desired results. All three times I have had to toil my way into the Olympics. Talking about pressure, well that is something you have to learn to deal with in sports. — Vijender Singh
Sports Day Quotes
During the last times, men will be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. When you think of our sports-driven society, and our media-driven society, and our leisure-driven society, then you understand we are living in the last days. — Jerry Falwell
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. — Heraclitus
Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made. — Gabby Douglas
Education is not the learning of facts, it's rather the training of the mind to think.
Everything you need is already inside. — Bill Bowerman
When people say God blessed me with a beautiful jump shot, it really pisses me off. I tell those people, 'Don't undermine the work I've put in every day.' Not some days. Every day. — Ray Allen
If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out. — Chuck Noll
Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren't we all? — Vin Scully
Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day. — Ray Lewis
I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. — Kevin Costner
The secret of this sport is, while you're the nail, hang in there, let them hit you, until the day you become the hammer, then you smash them back! — Renzo Gracie
Doing Sport Quotes
Everything happens for a reason, and everything has a story, and if you take time to realise what your dream is and what you really want in life... whether it's sports, whether it's in other fields, you have to realise that there's always work to do. — Stephen Curry
The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence. — Walt Disney
Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be. — Michael Josephson
Your body will be around a lot longer than that expensive handbag. Invest in yourself.
Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket. — Gino Bartali
Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be — Tom Landry
When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. I'd wonder if he was still working out. I'd tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I'd start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I'd push myself harder. — Dan Gable
The real workout starts when you want to stop.
Booze, broads and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need? — Harry Caray
Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else. — Chuck Noll
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. — Wilma Rudolph
There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not. — Harry Vardon
Sports Coach Quotes
If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time. — Abraham Lincoln
Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her. — Mia Hamm
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. — Muhammad Ali
Champions train, losers complain.
Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won. — Bill Bowerman
There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. — Pat Riley
Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport. — James Naismith
Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.
The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot. — Bill Russell
It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters. — Bear Bryant
The team with the best athletes doesn't usually win. It's the team with the athletes who play best together. — Lisa Fernandez
A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are. — Ara Parseghian
Physical Training Quotes
Physical fitness can neither be acquired by wishful thinking nor by outright purchase. — Joseph Pilates
I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight. — Rocky Marciano
Woman's great mission is to train immature, weak and ignorant creatures to obey the laws of God; the physical, the intellectual, the social and the moral. — Catharine Beecher
A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs. — Joan Walsh Anglund
No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. — Socrates
For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream. — Emmitt Smith
Our bodies are capable of anything. It's our mind we have to convince.
Anyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity. — Henry Ford
My definition of a sport is that it's a physical activity that involves competition. Since bodybuilders certainly train and then compete, we are certainly a sport. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that, unlike the body, when it comes to training the mind, there is no limit to how far we can go. — Dalai Lama
We wanted to be in great shape, we wanted to be able to cope with zero gravity, we wanted to be able to cope with accelerations and decelerations and so on. So all of us trained so that we were probably in the best physical condition we had ever been in up until that point. — Alan Shepard
Fitness Training Quotes
the old axiom that 'all power corrupts' has doubtful validity, because it derives from our neglect of Plato's advice to find men carefully and train them by methods which make them fit for heroes. — Oswald Mosley
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards – wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity – come from ignoring others and improving ourselves. — Naval Ravikant
The myth that women should lift light weights to prevent getting 'bulky' is perpetuated by men who fear women and women who fear work. — Layne Norton
If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.
There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. — Bruce Lee
This measurement of highest oxygen consumption, called VO2 max, is the best gauge of cardiorespiratory fitness. Training the body to breathe less actually increases VO2 max, which can not only boost athletic stamina but also help us live longer and healthier lives. — James Nestor
You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body. — Shawn Achor
Champions train. Losers complain.
The notion that women should not lift weights is perpetuated by women who fear work and men who fear women... — Layne Norton
Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general. — Mark Rippetoe
I’ve been training for Ronda Rousey [to compete with her] since my first fight in the UFC. — Amanda Nunes
Just remember, somewhere, a little Chinese girl is warming up with your max. — Jim Conroy
Soccer Training Quotes
I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that's playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time. — Ronaldinho
If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later. — Bob Paisley
I have tried to convince the players that if we work on certain things in training, they will happen in games and we will score goals from them. — Mikel Arteta
Personally, I love training, and getting paid to play football is incredible. Playing the game and working hard is what I have always dreamed of doing. — Harry Kane
I try to work to improve myself every day, and I try to do on the pitch what I do during the training sessions. — Kylian Mbappe
We move on to tomorrow, review the match, train well and start to think about Man City. — Mikel Arteta
I have so much love for football, that I think is the reason why I seek refuge in training – I’m always guided by that desire to conquer, to win. — Kylian Mbappe
El Cholo is a great coach: he asks a lot of his players and demands a lot of intensity. If your guard is down even a bit in training, Cholo tells you put extra effort in quickly. — Antoine Griezmann
That lad must have been born offside. — Alex Ferguson
In England, they say that Manchester is the city of rain. It's main attraction is considered to the timetable at the railway station, where trains leave for other, less rainy cities. — Nemanja Vidic
Basketball Training Quotes
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it. — Michael Jordan
Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise — Michael Jordan
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. — Michael Jordan
Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win. — Bobby Knight
I only weigh 220, so I have to do something to keep from being tossed around by all the guys who weigh 250 and more. I train hard, but I don't try to get too big. — Dennis Rodman
Strength Training Quotes
They can crack jokes. They can sit back and analyze and criticize and make all the fun they want. But I'm living my life, I'm doing it. What are you doing? — Kai Greene
The single biggest mistake that most beginners make is putting 100% of their effort into the positive (concentric) part of the rep, while paying no attention to the negative (eccentric) segment — Dorian Yates
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
As we get older, we lose muscle mass and strength. But if we've been doing resistance training, we will be better prepared for an unpredictable hospitalization. Analysis of 10 studies found that 60 min of resistance training per week is linked to a 27% lower risk of premature death. — Rhonda Patrick
Karate-do strives internally to train the mind to develop a clear conscience, enabling one to face the world honestly, while externally developing strength to the point where one may overcome even ferocious wild animals. Mind and technique become one in true karate. — Gichin Funakoshi
There are no shortcuts. The fact that a shortcut is important to you means that you are a pussy. — Mark Rippetoe
Ladies, want nice glutes? Stop w the silly plyometrics and step ups with baby weights. SQUAT! Squat heavy, squat often, squat deep. Repeat! — Layne Norton
I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment. — Chloe Sevigny
Swan Lake is the most difficult thing to portray for a female ballet dancer; it really requires such specific qualities of articulation, agility, strength, and the arm work is something that takes a lot of training. — Benjamin Millepied
Think about running an iron man. You have to toughen up... you literally have to change your body to be capable of doing those things. It's the same thing with the mind. You have to train your mind to be capable of sticking through, of working crazy long hours, learning things you don't want to do. — Tom Bilyeu
Playing Sports Quotes
This is the greatest thing about sports - you play to win the game. Hello? You don't play to just play it. When you start telling me it doesn't matter, then retire, get out, because it matters. — Herman Edwards
Football is just a game. What matters is what you play for. — Ernie Davis
During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball. — Mickey Mantle
When you see a good move, look for a better one. — Emanuel Lasker
Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man. — Pele
The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven. — Knute Rockne
Having the chance to play sports growing up teaches you all kinds of life lessons. It gives young people confidence and instills in them motivation and drive to be the best one can be. It's absolutely invaluable. — April Ross
Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city. — Oscar Wilde
People play games seriously. People host tournaments. People watch other people play and listen to broadcasters talking about it. The kind of entire ecosystem we see around other sports and forms of entertainment has formed around games as well. — Jensen Huang
Chess is everything: art, science, and sport. — Anatoly Karpov
Biceps are like ornaments on a Christmas tree. — Ed Coan
Karate is Budo and if Budo is removed from Karate it is nothing more than sport karate, show karate, or even fashion karate-the idea of training merely to be fashionable. — Mas Oyama
It's important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and training hard, they'll see a true reflection of where they stand and what they can achieve worldwide and not be swayed by people who are cheating. — Paula Radcliffe
Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training. — Vladimir Kramnik
Train hard and stay focused: there are no shortcuts to success in fighting or any other sport. — Joe Rogan
Sometimes, when we train, we simply have to go out to meet the Man with the Hammer — Laurent Fignon
The interesting thing about coaching is that you have to trouble the comfortable, and comfort the troubled — Ric Charlesworth
I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs. — Amby Burfoot
I boxed in the amateurs before getting into submission fighting and got hooked. Actually, I owned three boxing gyms in Vegas. I trained and managed fighters and had a sports management company. One day I met Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell, who I started representing, and I got into this huge contract negotiation with Bob Meyerwitz, the former owner of Tito Ortiz’s contract. Through that, Bob and I developed a mutual respect for one another. — Dana White
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. — Naval Ravikant
We all have limitations. I don't have the right genes to be an Olympic weightlifter. I don't have the right genetics to be an Olympic sprinter. Or gymnast. Sure, if I trained my whole life, perhaps I could have become fairly decent in those sports. — Jocko Willink
I don't know anything about luck, but that the harder I train, the luckier I get. — Ingemar Stenmark
I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is. — Lynn Jennings
For me, the more important thing is fighting. You know, training, fighting. The sports side. I didn’t choose my media life. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
I am not going to allow myself not to perform well just because I don't feel well. I am bulletproof to the extent that a lot of things can be thrown at me, but it's about how much I am prepared to let them affect me — Ian Thorpe
I told myself there was no way I was going to let this training go to waste. It was my time, and I was ready to go. — Katie Hoff
The more I practice, the luckier I get. — Jerry Barber
Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover? — Lauren Fleshman
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
Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience. — Frank Shorter
Boxer guys are very tough and they play a very tough game, but its a game. Karate guys, tae kwon doe guys, kickboxers or judo guys, they are very tough guys and a lot of heart and a lot of training, but its very specifically as a sport. It's not a fight. A fight is everything goes. — Rickson Gracie
I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for. — Ian Thorpe
Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present. — Thomas S. Monson
People do what they think works for them, but the sport is about instinct, movement, balance, power... it's too animalistic to get rigid about your training. — Conor McGregor
My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else. — Herschel Walker
When you love to run and you train hard enough to really feel it, running is all about freedom. Also, I find that sharing the value of our sport is very important. When I think back on my life, it isn't the winning that I remember so much, it's the people who I met through running. — Doris Brown Heritage
Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore. — Lasse Viren
If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters. — Michael Owen
There are so many aspects to the sport. It never gets boring because you always do something different. Maybe you train really hard on a sport climbing and get tunnel vision for a while, but as soon as you burn out a bit, you concentrate on another aspect, like traveling. You see the world through the vehicle of climbing. — Wolfgang Gullich
I think about how a guy mentally prepared himself to do battle, to go out and face the pitcher. I think so many hitters do not know how to get themselves prepared to play or hit against a pitcher. You have to mentally be prepared to hit against all pitchers. — Hank Aaron
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