Gym Quotes - Page 2

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  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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011

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• 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

  Strength, Running, Workout

  Henry Rollins (2009). “The Portable Henry Rollins”, p.290, Villard

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• If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Perfectionism: What's Bad About Being Too Good". Book by Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg, 1987.

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• You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.

  Maya Angelou

  Fitness, Motivational Workout, Work Out

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• Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Motivational Sports, Workout, Stress

  Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012). “Arnold's Bodybuilding for Men”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• I wake up at the same time every day to get to the gym.

  Joe Manganiello

  Wake Up

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• Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Fitness, Workout

  Thomas Jefferson (1984). “Jefferson: Writings”, p.1245, Library of America

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• Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Exercise, Lakes

  Michelle Obama, Lisa Rogak (2009). “Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words”, p.55, PublicAffairs

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• When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture.

  Douglas Coupland

  California, Scary, Culture

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• I don't know what that gas is made of, but it can't smell any worse than Ernie Johnson 's gym bag.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, Smell

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• Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Denis Waitley, Dayna Waitley, Deborah Waitley (1999). “The Psychology of Winning for Women: What Every Woman Needs to Know, what Every Man Needs to Understand”, Executive Excellence Pub

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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• A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs.

  Joan Walsh Anglund

  Motivational, Fitness, Health

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• I would like to be the first man in the gym business to throw out my scale. If you don't like what you see in the mirror, what difference does it make what the scale says?

  Vince Gironda

  Workout, Business, Love Yourself

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• I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Dance, Sports

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• Health is worth more than learning.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness

  Thomas Jefferson (1984). “Jefferson: Writings”, p.1245, Library of America

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• Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight.

  Ronnie Coleman

  Motivational, Fitness, Workout

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  Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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• What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Workout

  FaceBook post by Arnold Schwarzenegger from Jun 04, 2014

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• I meditate every day for between ten to twenty minutes. Every morning, I work out and go to the gym for an hour. I pray to the architect that designed me. I'm grateful.

  John Feldmann

  Morning, Grateful, Work Out

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Sleep, Naps, Tough Times

  "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2006.

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• When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Drinking, Naps, Tough Times

  FaceBook post by Bret Easton Ellis from Jan 01, 2014

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• When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.

  Joan Bauer

  Reading, Book, Naps

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• I've always worked out. I've always gone to the gym. But it was always a chore, and it was always, like, 'Man, I've gotta go do this because if I don't I'll get all dumpy and out of shape and then no one will hire me for good roles.'

  Michael Cudlitz

  Men, Roles, Gone

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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