Quotes About Commitment

Training was all I could think about. One Sunday when I found the stadium locked, I broke in and worked out in the freezing cold. Every painful set, every extra rep, was a step toward my goal of winning.

Where the mind goes the body will follow.

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. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

His answer to life was discipline. We had a strict routine that nothing could change:

You can overthink anything. There are always negatives. The more you know, the less you tend to do something. If I had known everything about real estate, movies, and bodybuilding, I wouldn't have gone into them. I felt the same about marriage; I might not have done it if I'd known everything I'd have to go through. The hell with that! I knew Maria was the best woman for me, and that's all that counted.

I believed that the only way you become a leading man is by treating yourself like a leading man and working your ass off. If you don't believe in yourself, then how will anyone else believe in you?

I love being in a relationship, but marriage isn't for me.

I've never understood what the upside of marriage would be for me personally.

spend very little time reflecting on my future...I know there is nothing I can do about tomorrow, other than what I am willing to do today.

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

He's the most married man I ever saw in my life.

I wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

Lord," W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, perhaps quoting someone, "make us not great but busy.

My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me.

But you must be prepared to walk away from these achievements and rewards before you feel ready.

I walked away from the people and job I knew and loved and the excitement of being near the action of politics and policymaking. Why? Because I did the research in this book and committed to myself to following the implications.

What activities will you keep? What activities will you evolve and do differently? What activities will you let go of? What new activities will you learn? And to start . . . What will you commit to doing in the next week to evolve into the new you? What will you commit to doing in the next month? What will you commit to doing within six months? In a year, what will be the first fruits to appear as a result of your commitments?

Is your "retirement plan" to go on and on without stopping?

You can say this, too, but you need to start chipping away

For married people, a loving, companionate spousal relationship is key to thriving.

In your next phase of life . . . What activities will you keep? What activities will you evolve and do differently? What activities will you let go of? What new activities will you learn? And to start . . . What will you commit to doing in the next week to evolve into the new you? What will you commit to doing in the next month? What will you commit to doing within six months? In a year, what will be the first fruits to appear as a result of your commitments?

But to be constantly noticed, to achieve specialness, doesn't come cheap. Apart from a few reality TV stars and accidental celebrities, success is brutal work and takes sacrifices.

The secret to happiness isn't falling in love; it's staying in love, which depends on what psychologists call "companionate love"—love based less on passionate highs and lows and more on stable affection, mutual understanding, and commitment.