1. Increased physical activity enhances positive energy.-Lailah Gifty Akita
2. Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.-Edward Stanley
3. Getting fit is all about mind over matter. I don’t mind, so it doesn’t matter.-Adam Hargreaves
4. The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat.-Richard Marcinko
5. The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard.-Mark Rippetoe
6. Your current body is the only body that can take you to your new body — so be kind to it.-Elaine Moran
7. The real workout starts when you want to stop.-Ronnie Coleman
8. If you think lifting weights is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous.-Bret Contreras
9. I don’t believe in bodybuilders using steroids. If a man doesn’t have enough male hormones in his system to create, a nice hard, muscular body, he should take up ping pong.-Steve Reeves
10. In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up.-Rich Froning Jr
11. Don’t be scared to LIFT HEAVY! You won’t get huge and bulky, you’ll just get amazing.-Jessie Hilgenberg
12. Don’t quit. You’re already in pain. You’re already hurt. Get a reward from it!-Eric Thomas
13. When working out, length is not a substitute for intensity.-Bill Loguidice
14. The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.-Arnold Schwarzenegger
15. Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.-Lance Armstrong
16. The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion.-Arnold Schwarzenegger
17. Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.’-Mary Anne Radmacher
19. There’s no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard, and aim to be the best.-Ronnie Coleman
20. You shall gain, but you shall pay with sweat, blood, and vomit.-Pavel Tsatsouline
21. To be number one, you have to train like you’re number two-Maurice Green
22. People laugh and call me lazy, while they twit around in their three-hour workout making zero progress. Sometimes, instead of what you do in the weight room, it’s what you don’t do that will lead to success.-Jim Wendler
23. The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.-Tommy Lasorda
24. 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
25. Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you-Ovid
26. The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment.-Justin Langer
27. No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change.-Bill Phillips