Some of the better known ones: No pain, no gain. – Army/Navy saying? It doesn’t get any easier you just go faster. – Greg LeMond I never saw a wild thing feeling sorry for itself. A small bird will fall frozen dead from a bough, without ever having felt sorry for itself. – D H Lawrence
If it’s all mental, why do my legs hurt? – my friend at a workout yesterdayIf you can smile or wave to the crowd, you’re not going hard enough – smartasscoach (or Klep don’t remember)
For running on the track:
“Run fast, turn left”
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-Pain is temporary; quitting is forever
-Suck it up princess!
“Pain heals, chicks dig scars, and glory lasts forever.”.
What about “Throw away the bottle and run”?
What about “Throw away the bottle and run”?
Ouch! I’ll never live that down.
If you can smile, you’re not going hard enough.
“Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.” - Dostoyevsky
“What counts in the battle is what you do when the pain sets in.” - John Short
“Somewhere along the way we seem to have confused comfort with happiness.” - Dean Karnazes
“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on when others let go.” - William Feather
“Exercise is for people who can’t handle alcohol and drugs.” - Lily Tomlin
“Emotions are like fire, they can cook your food and keep you warm, or they can burn your house down.” - Cus D’Amato (funny thing, he used to coach Tyson)
“The decisions you make today will be with you for the rest of your life, make decisions that you want to live with.” - me
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don’t worry about the competition…just beat them. my rowing coach
“Everything will be ok in the end. If it’s not ok, it’s not the end.”
Ride it like you stole it!
Ride it like you stole it!
YES! i really, really enjoyed that – thanks
“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.”
Hunter S. Thompson
oh, wait, that’s a little OT.
how about -
“I have a love/hate relationshiop with Gatorade.”
spotted on a t-shirt at the Chicago marathon 2005
and of course the classic Nietze:
whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
I don’t get it…
My highschool cross country coach: “You don’t run on your ear.”
That was in response to a team member saying she wasn’t going to practice because she had an ear infection. The permutations to this are endless–basically anything other than the bottom of your foot!
“Go Hard or Go Home”
“If you wanna BE the Man, you gotta BEAT the Man!”
“What doesn’t make you stronger KILLS you” (a twist on the original)
and of course … “Long Live the Hottie Thread”
“Second Place is the first loser”
“Losing is very bad, so I’ll let you do it”
I had a friend give me a a couple of No Fear t-shirts with those quotes on them about 10 years ago. I guess I was the first loser in my AG at Muskoka last weekend 
“The beatings will continue until morale improves.”
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******Quote *** *** What about “Throw away the bottle and run”?
***Ouch! I’ll never live that down. ***
You need to put that one on your wall, bro.
You need to put that one on your wall, bro.
That’s all we need . . . immortalization of Paulo’s words. ;-p