INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

We can all need it sometimes, I know I do. 

I like to read quotes, and watch short motivational videos as a part of my mental preparation before championships. It's not only  the body that needs to be in great shape. The mind does too. 

You can be in the physical shape of your life, but without your mind  in the right place, you will not be the best! 

"I AM BUILDING A FIRE, AND EVERYDAY I TRAIN, I ADD MORE FUEL.
AT JUST THE RIGHT MOMENT, I LIGHT THE MATCH"

DARE TO BE GREAT

DARE TO BE POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE

ONE INCH

VICTORIOUS

WHO AM I?  I AM A CHAMPION!

THIS IS WHAT WE DO! USMC

"Pain Nourishes Courage
You Can’t Be Brave If You’ve Only Had Wonderful Things Happen To You"
"There Is No Office Hours For Champions"



"Every Great Achievement Is The Victory Of A Flaming Heart"

"Today Is Your Day! Your Mountain Is Waiting. So…Get On Your Way!"

"If You Don't See Yourself As A Winner, Then You Cannot Perform As A Winner"


“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

"Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete"

"Never make yourself someone to feel sorry for, but someone who's appreciated as a strong person even in a bad situation"

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever"

"In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best" 



"Ability is what you are capleble of doing,
Motivation determines what you do,
Attitude how well you do it!

“The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in the mind”

"Adversity causes some people to break, and others to break records"

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible"

"The steeper the mountain the harder the climb the better the view from the finishing line"

"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great."

"One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top"

"In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind"

"You soon forget the pain, but never the feeling of winning"

"Practice does not make perfect, only "perfect practice" results in performance that approaches perfection!"

"We Improve Our Selves By Victories Over Ourselves.

There Must Be Contests, And You Must Win!"

  

 "Concentration is the ability to think of absolutely nothing when its absolutely necessary"

"It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse"

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find 
it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the 
power they have to change it. 

Impossible is not a fact. 

It's an opinion. 

Impossible is not a declaration. 

It's a dare. 

Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. 

Impossible is nothing."

"Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges make life worth living"

"Winners train until they can Win.
Champions train until they cannot fail"

"Remember...there is always a little girl in the stands that wants to be just like you, don't disappoint her"

"If better is possible good is not enough"

"Winners put in the extra effort even when it hurts"
"Winners don't do different things, they do things different"

"I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, 
I'm telling you its going to be worth it"

"The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle"

"Champions are made when no one is looking"

"A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory!"


"If you want it, you must will it. If you will it, it will be yours"

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go"

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat"

"Normal is not something to aspire to; it's something to get away from"

"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it!" 

"To win without risk is to triumph without glory" 

"Success doesn't mean the absence of failures,
it means the attainment of ultimate objectives.
It means winning the war, not every battle"