Quotes About Endurance

Tennis is a tough sport - a long year, a lot of matches, a lot of travelling. It's not easy so being mentally tough is a big attribute. It doesn't come easy, you have to work on it.

I've tried to eat little shrubs before. We were on an unsupported 20-plus day traverse, following the migration of endangered antelope across the Chang Tang Plateau. We were like, 'Oh, this is what they ate; we should try it.'

Swimming can be boring. To me, it's like going on a treadmill.

When I'm not dancing it's important I stay in shape, and for me, because I've been so active my whole life its hard for me just to go on a treadmill and run for a few miles.

You can't pay me to stand on a treadmill for more than five minutes, but I love being physically active.

I don't run on the treadmill, because there's no treadmill moving for you on the soccer field.

Hit the gym... Working out is the key to your life. All you need is a half an hour on the treadmill.

When you step on the treadmill, make a commitment. Do, say, 3 miles a day. And don't get off until you finish. It doesn't matter what speed you're going. Just don't get off.

Gym sessions will always consist of 40 minutes to one-hour cardio. I try to stay off the treadmill because of the pounding, so it's the rower or the cross-trainer.

I hit an exercise - arms and legs, a set of curls, a set of tricep pushdowns, and then grab the bar and squat 40-20-30 and do it over again. I hit that a couple times through, then go in the sauna. I'll do a couple calf raises, then hop on a treadmill at 15 - the highest incline it can have while maintaining a fast-paced walk.

In space, if you push, you are usually going somewhere, so staying on the treadmill was a challenge at first, even with the harness.

The best part is that I'm still here and, because the end is in sight, I treasure it all more.

The creative treasure of Israel's artists and writers will survive forever.

To run a big marathon and win takes five months. When I'm on the starting line, my mind starts reviewing what I have been doing the last five months. I believe in my training, and I treat myself as the best one standing on that line.

A person on dialysis undergoes very heavy and irritating treatment, and in time, it seems more than you can bear.

I'm always a player who has taken fairly rough treatment, to be honest. I think my time in Scotland typified that because I think there was one game where I set a record for being fouled ten or 11 times in a game.

Getting hit is part of the job. You don't want the first time you're getting punched to be in the fight because there's a lot of shock and awe and you won't react well. I like to get hit in sparring. I don't want to get concussed, or I don't want to be getting knocked out, but I want some shock treatment to prepare me for the fight.

I have to do two or three hours of treatments every day just to be able to step onto a tennis court.

I work very hard; I have every day since I started my business, even when I was on bed rest during pregnancies, even when I was dealing with a cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it that succeed.

Hardcover and paperback forever. Someone carve that into a tree.

For a tree, to endure four months of daylight is like you or I going without sleep for four months.

I learned to kick trees with my bare feet to strengthen my legs.

On a 60-mile trek with a 200-kg. bergen on my back, I felt my ankle break. Some might have given up. I broke my other ankle to even up the pain. And carried on.