Favorite Quotes
"A poorly designed program done consistantly will produce greater results than a perfectly designed program done sporadically".
-Bill Starr : "The Strongest Shall Survive"
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover".
-Mark Twain
" You don't get big and strong from lifting weights - you get big and strong from recovering from lifting weights. Don't fail to pay attention to this or mondays workout will murder the rest of the week".
-Mark Rippetoe : "Starting Strength"
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt."
-Mark Twain
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm".
-Winston Churchill
"Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another".
-John C. Maxwell
"Not everybody wants to train. For many, exercise is good enough. They just want to burn some calories and have better abs. This is fine, for those people. But the second you want more, when you decide that there will now be a goal to accomplish, you've graduated to training".
-Mark Rippetoe : "Starting Strength"
"He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own".
-Henry Ward Beecher
"Success isn't owned, its leased, and rent is due everyday".
-JJ. Watt
"Knowledge without mileage equals bullshit".
-Henry Rollins
"Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining, it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't salve any problems".
-Zig Ziglar
"Don't let anyone determine your level of greatness".
-Craig Shapiro
"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude".
-Zig Ziglar
"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilariation of victory".
-George S. Patton
"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser".
-Vince Lombardi
"You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win".
-Zig Ziglar
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail".
-Benjamin Franklin
"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard for all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting".
-George Orwell
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way".
-John C. Maxwell
"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, and a little less than his share of the credit".
-Arnold H. Glasow
"Weak points come from not doing the things you suck at doing. The difference between a successful athlete and a crappy one is they always do the things they have to do, not what they want to do".
-Dave Tate
"Winners never quit and quitters never win".
-Vince Lombardi
"Lead, follow, or get out of the way".
-Thomas Paine
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect".
-Mark Twain
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing".
-Teddy Roosevelt
"Courage is being scared to death...and saddling up anyway".
-John Wayne
"When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that persons life. Encouragement really does make a difference".
-Zig Ziglar