Quotes!
My Mantras:
“Define Yourself”
“Be the Incredible”
“Live without Limits”
No Limits Quotes:
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” - Muhammad Ali
“Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.” -Doug Larson
“Anything’s Possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” - J.K. Rowling
“When someone tells you ‘It can’t be done,’ it’s more a reflection of their limitations, not yours.” - Andy Baldwin
“The Danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” - Michelangelo
“We all have possiblities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do.” - Dale Carnegie
“We have to go for what we think we’re fully capable of, not limit ourselves by what we’ve been in the past.” - Vivek Paul
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” - Tommy Lasorda
“The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done” - Arnold Palmer
“Don’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream the farther you get.” - Michael Phelps
“It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed” - Jacqueline Gareau
“Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.” - H. Jackson Browne
“There’s none so blind as those who will not see” - English Proverb
“Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.” - Amelia Earhart
“Courage is knowing what not to fear.” - Plato
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” Nido Qubein
It is very true, that the way you think creates reality for yourself. -Oprah
Training Quotes:
“Every time you stay out late; every time you sleep in; every time you miss a workout; every time you don’t give 100% – You make it that much easier for me to beat you.”-- Unknown
“Find the fire in you, find what excites you, find your inner passion: AND GO FOR IT!” - Unknown
“Spend a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.” - Brotip #2153
“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” - Lance Armstrong
“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.” - Jesse Owens
“The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.”
-Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner
“When it’s pouring rain and you’re bowling along through the wet, there’s satisfaction in knowing you’re out there and the others aren’t.” -Peter Snell
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.” -Bill Bowerman
“If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don’t spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.”
-Priscilla Welch
“Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of “
“Today I will run what you will not so that tomorrow I will run what you cannot.” - Unknown
“If the word quit is part of your vocabulary, then the word finish is likely not.” - B.G. Jett
“It Hurts up to a point and then it doesn’t get any worse.” - Ann Trason
“The Important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.” - Herb Elliott
“Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” - Bill Cosby
“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” - Roger Bannister
“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.” - Confucius
“My greatess joy is worth my greatess sacrifice” - Lolo Jones’ Twitter!
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of knowing u did your best to become the best that u are capable of being. -John Wooden
He who is not satisfied with himself will not grow. -Chinese Proverb
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never have tried to succeed. - Theodore Roosevelt
To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams… This is success! -Sasha Azevedo
It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up. -Vince Lombardi
You just can’t beat the person who never gives up. -Babe Ruth
You’ve got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference. -Chris Evert (tennis)
Motivational:
“Whether you believe you can or believe you can’t, you’re probably right.” -Henry Ford
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.” -Les Brown
“To Give Anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” - Steve Prefontaine
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” - Henry Ford
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” - Vince Lombardi
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill
“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds n his actions” - Confucius
”I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” - Michael Jordan
“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic” - Unknown
“The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.” - Dale Carnegie
“Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything.” - Dave Matthews Band
“When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.” - Natalie Gulbis
“Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” - Dan Reeves
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” - Confucius
Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze. - Barbara Sher
You’re never a loser until you quit trying. -Mike Ditka
With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun. -Unknown
Any action is better than no action at all. -Norman Peale
Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose. - G.K. Nielson
Running Quotes:
This is what we do. This is what it’s all about.”
-PattiSue Plumer, U.S. Olympian
“You have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.” - Steve Prefontaine
“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.” - Oprah Winfrey
“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.” -Sir Roger Bannister, first runner to run a sub-4 minute mile
“I run because it’s so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can’t. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you’re capable of so much more than you thought.” -Arthur Blank
“A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.” - Steve Prefontaine
“I tell our runners to divide the race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart.” – Mike Fanelli
I know some of these probably don’t go exactly with their heading, but everyone makes mistakes, everyone has those days - Hannah Montana
I’ll add more as they come up!