Inspirational Training Quotes:

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Motivational, Running, Fitness, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

- Beverly Sills

source: "Conquering an Enemy Called Average". Book by John Mason, 1996.

topic: Positive, Shortcuts, Grad, Go Hard, Inspirational Graduation

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

- Bill Gates

topic: Leadership, Motivation, Business, Young Entrepreneurs, Business Life

I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

- Jesse Owens

topic: Running, Endurance, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running, Inspirational Training

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.

- Roger Bannister

source: Sir Roger Bannister (2011). “The First Four Minutes”, p.142, The History Press

topic: Motivational, Sports, Running, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

- Sam Snead

topic: Golf, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running, Inspirational Runner, Inspirational Track

Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

- Paula Radcliffe

topic: Sight, Feet, Marathon Runners, Inspirational Training, Motivational Cross Country Running

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

- Muhammad Ali

source: Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness, I Am The Best, Inspirational Coach

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

- John Wooden

source: "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Inspiration And Motivation

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Football, Marathon Runners

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

- Will Rogers

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Daily Work, Management Motivation

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

- Marcel Proust

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Discovering Yourself, Journey And Destination

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

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Self Determination, Marathon Motivational

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

- Bruce Lee

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Dojo, Martial Artist

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

- Muhammad Ali

topic: Sports, Running, Light, Great Sports, Sports Training

Well done is better than well said.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports, Job Well Done, About Success

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

- Chris Evert

topic: Confidence, Games, Play, Sports Training, Inspirational Training

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

- Jack Dempsey

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational History, Sportive

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

- Michael Jordan

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Best Success

There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

- Bill Bowerman

topic: Motivational, Running, Not Giving Up, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

- Jesse Owens

source: Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”

topic: Motivational, Fitness, Running, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

- Muhammad Ali

topic: Motivational, Success, Dance, Great Sports, Sports Training

It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

- Evander Holyfield

topic: Heart, Athlete, Men, Inspirational Athlete, Sports In General

There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing

- Ranulph Fiennes

topic: Adventure, Weather, Inappropriate, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

- Juma Ikangaa

topic: Motivational, Running, Mean, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

- Ken Doherty

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Fitness, Inspirational Runner, Sports Spirit

There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

- Billy Connolly

topic: Being Happy, Weather, Clothes, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

- Christopher McDougall

source: Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.13, Profile Books

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Gazelles, Marathon Motivational

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

- John Ruskin

topic: Change, Weather, Different, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

If you think you can't, you're right.

- Carol Bartz

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Smart, Thought Of The Day, Best Success