Got a favorite saying/quote?

"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." - T.S. Elliot

"Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind" - Dr Seus.

and

"If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we wouldn't" - Emerson Pugh

and

"I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it." - Maya Angelou

"Nut up or shut" - Woody Harrelson (Zombieland, 2009)

"I smell a challenge" - William Stewart (William's response to James Leckey when he said to William Stewart; "that's stupid you might die, so you probably shouldn't try it". Circa 2009)

be the change you want to see in the world - Ghandi

Yea, I like the leaders one about hard effort.

A few quick liners I like:

'Failure is not fatal, but failing to change might be.'

Genius is 1 % Inspiration and 99% perspiration.'

'Winners don't wait for chances, they take them.'

'The only one who can tell you 'you can't is you. And you don't have to listen' - Nike Really like that one! 

"Extraordinary results are achieved by doing ordinary things. The key is to do ordinary things exceedingly well" - Warren Buffet

I wanna be the woman who, when she gets up in the morning, the Devil says "oh crap, she's awake"!!!!

Those who have abandoned their dreams will discourage yours. Don't listen, never quit. - Shared by Josh Cox on Fb, not sure where it is from originally.

I find the following very inspiring especially for us that lack confidence in sport :

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

And another:

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves

Believe in yourself and all that you are, know that there is something inside that is greater than any obstacle.

The question is not who is going to make me but who is going to stop me!!

Decide that you want it more than you're afraid of it

If everything seems under control you're just not going fast enough

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

My fave - In the first half of a race don't be an idiot, in the second half don't be a wimp

Sometimes you are going to want to stop. Don't.

A few of my favourites;

'Pain is weakness leaving the body.'

'Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.'

'Impossible is nothing.'

'An underdog can become a champion through hard work, determination and hustle.'

The last one is my personal favourite. Merely because it spells it out simply. I think it's from the Rocky films IIRC.

If at first you don't succeed try try try again

determination is falling down five times and getting up six

In twenty years you will be more dissapointed in what you didnt do than what you did - mark twain

tell the negative commitee that meets in your head to sit down and shut up - Kathy Kendall

Heels are for fashion not function!

One cannot accomplish anything without fanatacism - Evita Peron

Everyone is more or less mad at one point - Rudyard Kipling

a personal fav - We have forty mllion reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. - Rudyard Kipling

When there are a plethora of excuses why not to..... J.F.D.I. (Just F**king Do It).

In the morning you can be sore or you can be sorry

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." - Jules Renard

'The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.' - Albert Einstein

"Do not Pray for an easy life, Pray for the Strength to Endure a Difficult One" - Bruce Lee.

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful

If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much room.

I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. What I can't accept is not trying.

"whether you believe you can or your can't, you are right - Henry Ford"

"By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail." - Benjamin Franklin

"Every day you miss practice, it will take you one day longer to achieve greatness." - Ben Hogan

"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished...That will be the beginning." - Louis L'Amour

"Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up. - Dean Karnazes

"One day you will not be able to do this. Today is not that day."

Every day someone, somewhere is training harder than I. If I should meet that person, he will win. Today I will train hard.

"The thought of later in the day having to explain to myself why I didn't run that morning is enough to get me out the door." - Linda Johnson

"Learn to run when feeling the pain, then push harder." - William Sigei

"If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy." - Amby Burfoot

And my two personal favourites, both from ultra runners are:

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

"You spend hundreds upon hundreds of hours training, you dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to your goal. You commit, you sacrifice and you come up short time and time again. But you never give up. And I think the biggest difference between those who succeed and those who don't is not differences in talent. It's that those who succeed are unwilling to give up no matter how dire the situation appears." - Dean Karnazes

I like it Manu! Im gona have to steal it! :)

I've always liked "Suck it Up" something I tell myself on those hard miles.

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."

Knowing is not enough,we must apply. Willing is not enough,we must do - Bruce Lee

"Make molehills out of mountains" "When life gives you lemons, suck them all at once"

Pain goes away, glory lasts forever an chicks dig scars!!!

"...don't stop moving!..."  -Riddick

Okay, he was being chased by hideous, flesh-eating monsters at the time but those words help me push through my reps.  Weird, ya, I know but what are some of the real-life monsters that could catch me if I stop moving? Depression? Health risks associated with weight gain?  I do know for sure that the pain sets in when I "take a break" from working out. Not only do my joints get stiff but my trainer kicks my booty around the gym when he sees me!

That which doesnt kill me had better start running!

Pain goes away, glory lasts forever an chick dig scars!

Harden the fcuk up, used alongside a photo of the d day landings.

Just a few of my favs....

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” ―Hunter S. Thompson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?.... Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you

Slow and steady finishes the race.

This quote shared by Jonathan - TS member of the week.  Like it!

We must all suffer from one of two pains; the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is that discipline weighs ounces and lasts a moment while regret weighs tons and lasts a lifetime! Jim Rohn

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is in that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?"

~Marianne Williamson

"I am the Batman."  Batman (If you don't think that's a motivational quote try saying it the next time you feeling too tired to go on.)

"Try?......There is no try."  Yoda

Lance Armstrong: Quit? You know, once I was thinking about quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer, all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and I won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit. So what are you dying from that's keeping you from the finals?  Peter La Fleur: Right now it feels a little bit like... shame.  Lance Armstrong: Well, I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life. But good luck to you Peter. I'm sure this decision won't haunt you forever.  ( Dodge Ball the movie)

“Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.” (variation on G.K. Chesterton)  So, what's your fairy tale?

Success isn't just about what you accomplish in your life.....

Its about what you inspire others to do!!!

Two quotes that I have never forgotten from the first time I heard them:

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” Mark Twain quotes

I tried to pull a single quote from this sequence. But the whole message is the point. I really like the message in this - I find this incredibly motivational. Getting perspective always helps me. It helps me be better at everything I do. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pfwY2TNehw&feature=BFa&list=PL5A9550E8B1309A9E

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there!" Will Rogers

“The keys to life are running and reading. When you're running, there's a little person that talks to you and says, "Oh I'm tired. My lung's about to pop. I'm so hurt. There's no way I can possibly continue." You want to quit. If you learn how to defeat that person when you're running. You will how to not quit when things get hard in your life. For reading: there have been gazillions of people that have lived before all of us. There's no new problem you could have--with your parents, with school, with a bully. There's no new problem that someone hasn't already had and written about it in a book.” ― Will Smith

I saw some American Football game, a collage game. one of the guys playing had a tattoo on his head. It read "Fear is a liar". Thought is was clever.

One I quite like by by Samuel Beckett

All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Have a shorter version on my Profile. "Try. Fail. Try Again. Fail Better.

"Never give in, never give up, never back down" - Never Back Down(movie)

'If not me then who and if not now then when'

The Wall can't go round it, can't go through it. Gotta smash through it.

"Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight"  Bob Marley.

Another day, another chance to be healthy! You never regret a workout! If you can do 1 day, you can do 30! (this was for the chocolate challenge from Milo) DOES THIS NOURISH ME? (a question we should constantly ask ourselves about training, working out, but also about meeting with friends, etc.

"You can't do it"

I was told this daily for a number of years and hear their voice every day in my my head and when I'm about to quit it spurs me on! Each time I hear it I dig deeper and reply " Oh yeah?! Well look at me now B****!!"

"Keep trying, never give up, you will get there, I don't want to hear you ever say "I can't" becuase YOU CAN."

My Pilates, Yoga, Stretch Class Instructor says this to me.

" You don't have to go fast...you just have to go"

"To give less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift"

~ Steve Prefontaine

(wear this on a dog tag around my neck)

This is not a quote but an excerpt from a speech by Jimmy Valvano, a college basketball coach who was striken with cancer. After being diagnosed and the ravages of the disease starting to take its toll on him, he spoke before a large audience at an awards ceremony.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do... "To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."

I read this the other day and fell in love: "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - Mohandas Ghandi

Go out, be brave and believe in yourself

Make yourself

That is all.

"Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction"

And another one.  It might be a little gender specific but from where he came from and the age, not surprising.  Emil Zatopek is a running legend:

The true character of a runner is not determined by how fast or how far they run, but how they handle the barriers the body puts up before the race is done!

That was one i worked up during a run a couple weeks back... I like to work on new "quotables" while I run... keep me motivated, and keeps my entertained/distracted...

I alos like, "Pain may linger for a moment, but regret can linger for a lifetime." whenever I feel like stopping before I'm done!

Imagine yourself as you would like to be, doing what you want to do, and each day, take one step towards your dream!!

"Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'"

"I enjoy playing home in front of the greatest fans in the world, I also enjoy going on the road and people booing us and hating us. The bottom line is when you compete, you want to win. I live for this." Derek Jeter

Something that I learned on my first half marathon:

It's not about "I can make it" but it was about "I won't give up". :)

eat clean train dirty.

"Every time you think about giving up, look at how far you've come"

"When you think about quitting, think why you started"

"One day I will not be able to -------, today is not that day"!

"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start" -John J. Bingham

"I wear black when I go to the gym. It's like a funeral for my fat!" -unkown

and I also have a shirt that is my personal favorite

"Look good naked, Tan Republic"-Tan Republic

I heard a good one today as I was practicing sunrise yoga:

"Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change." Sometimes we get sucked into the same routine everyday. It is important to take a moment to step back and gain a new persepective on things. You never know what will transpire from this.

This week, I am inspired by the ancient Japanese saying: Fall down 7 times, get up 8!

http://www.orientaloutpost.com/proddetail.php?prod=cs478

"Life aint always rainbows and butterflies it's compromise that moves us along. Marron 5 songlyric

Running is a mental sport...and we're all insane

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, Or where the doer of deeds could have done 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, Who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause,

Who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. - Theodore Rooseveldt

excellence isn't a skill....it's an attitude.

Sport is passion. It is about expanding your limits, it is about performing beyond yourself. 

- Irma Heeren

we make our fortunes and we call them fate.

"The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves” – Mozart (derived from Lao Tzu?)

"Serenity Now!" - George Costanza

• "Some succed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to."- Henry Van Dyke
• "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And, if not now, when?"- Hillel the Elder
• “If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.” - Nora Roberts

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I'm possible"

Audrey Hepburn.

"no matter how slow you go you are still laping every body on the couch". this quote  helped me keep focused when i started doing bootcamp last year its the moto of the bootcamp great guys great encoragment. 

"Motivation will almost always beat mere talent." -Norman R. Augustine

Maybe not applicable but I heard a saying that made me laugh: "old age and treachery will out-do youth and skill every time." (Deadliest Catch...Season 1) Outlive, outlast, outsmart (Survivor)

'There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes' - unknown.

'No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.' - YODA,Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

'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

Challenge Accepted!!! - Barney Stinson"How I met, your mother " :P

"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with"

'you win some, lose some, it's all the same to me,

the pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say!'

Lemmy - Motorhead (Ace of Spades)

Go BIG or go home !

"It's never too late to become what you might have been", not sure where this came from, but its great for those of us who are getting on a bit, and feel like giving up!

"The devil knows what to do with endorphins about as much as he does a peaceful Christian." ~ me

'Just Do It' Nike

"The greatest achievment of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities, and to make the most of one's resources."

~Luc de Clapiers

I have this one written on a small white board sitting on top of my dresser.

Failure is not an option (NASA motto).  

"It doesn't matter if I'm themy

Make yourself

That is all.