Quotes About Motivation

Take the great example of the four-minute mile. One guy breaks it, then all of a sudden everyone breaks it. And they break it in such a short period of time that it can't be because they were training harder. It's purely that it was a psychological barrier, and someone had to show them that they could do it.

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.

My knee is almost back to normal. I am back in training.

Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.

A large amount of constant activity will get things going. For example, training in the morning will have everything, all the juices flowing by the time you actually get to work. So, when you're at work, you've been already up for an hour or so or two hours, and you're raring to go where everyone else is still wiping sleep out of their eyes.

How long you can continue to be good at something is how much you believe in yourself and how much hard work you do with the training.

I love training, I just don't need to take days off.

My life became occupied with only a couple of things: go to the stadium and practice, come back home, eat, then go back to training.

Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training.

Fighting for a job - that's been my mindset every Spring Training.

Training before work, or during your lunch break, or before dinner really does become second nature after a while - and most people even end up enjoying it.

I like what I am doing. I enjoy all parts of the game - the team building, training camp, game days, the excitement of Sunday... it beats working.

I love what I do. I love training, I love eating healthy, and as anyone who follows me on social media will know by now, I love the results that come with both.

I just push myself as hard as I can, in training and games.

If I am training on a holiday, most likely nobody else is - and that gives me the edge. If I'm supposed to run for 20 minutes and I get back and it's only been 19:34, I'm going to jog in a circle for 26 more seconds. I'm never going to cut it short.

Every now and then, you'll get one of those days when you're feeling rubbish or when you have to pretty much drag yourself out of bed to get to training. But then you'll see the Olympic pool, and all the excitement and adrenaline will come rushing back.

I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.

First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.

My grandad and mom would drive me to training all the time, and from then - around seven to eight - coaches were telling me I had something special and needed to stick with it.

You never stop working, you never stop doing things because there's someone behind you - in a respectful way - who is giving absolutely everything in every single training session.

Some players don't like training and I've seen some players who aren't bothered if they play or not. But I want to play every game. Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.

I always tell my dad he was training me to be a pro before he even knew it.

Every training I want to prove myself, every practice.

I always demand intensity in training. That's my style, and I like it.