Quotes About Endurance

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.

Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal.

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.

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

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.

I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren't we all?

That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish.

Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games.

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going, keep pushing it.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.

Sometimes, when we train, we simply have to go out to meet the Man with the Hammer

It never gets easier; you just go faster.

Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion

No one ever won a game by resigning.

During the winter, you head out into the darkness for a run. When spring comes, and the first crocus pokes up its head...you know it was worthwhile.