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Quotes About Endurance

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.
~ Mickey Mantle
A successful coach is one who is still coaching.
~ Ben Schwartzwalder
Like they say, it ain't over 'til the fat guy swings
~ Darren Daulton
I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.
~ Muhammad Ali
I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.
~ Mickey Mantle
The beauty of my sport is that you can do it from anywhere.
~ Meb Keflezighi
What's tough is being good every day.
~ Willie Mays
To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.
~ Sugar Ray Leonard
Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.
~ Bob Uecker
I run to see who has the most guts.
~ Steve Prefontaine
Effort is a measure of a Man.
~ William James
Cycling isn't a game, it's a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn't play at cycling.
~ Jean de Gribaldy
I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport.
~ Sasha Azevedo
For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.
~ Dean Karnazes
Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
~ Willie Stargell
Our sports are totally different, if Lance Armstrong himself were to come and train with us he'd be completely exhausted after half and hour.
~ Joachim Low
I love this sport and I absolutely love the support you guys give me; and I will continue to do it until I can't.
~ Dan Henderson
The thing I learned when I was playing was that your best way of winning was to make it difficult for the other team to score in the last three innings.
~ Tony La Russa
It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish.
~ Michael Jordan
Rest if you must, but never quit.
~ John Greenleaf Whittier
More endearingly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride.
~ Dan Gable
Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports.
~ Diana Nyad
I'm a Gatorade athlete because dance is being recognized as a sport now. It always should have been, but now it is. It's very exciting.
~ Stephen Boss
The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that.
~ Mark Spitz