Quotes About Endurance

Proper sleep has helped me get to where I am today as an athlete, and it is something that I continue to rely on every day.

I know my body needs to have the proper nutrition so that I can keep kicking at a high level. The same goes with sleep.

Well, I've realized I can function with no sleep!

I've lived out in a park sleeping on the grass with no place to go; I've not eaten. I've been there.

Sleeping hurt, everything hurt. But it's pretty cool what you can do to the body by working out.

I slept in closets and on floors for a long time.

The only rule I got is if you slide, get up.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

Despite the name, 'lift and coast' does not mean cruising. You're trying to be as fast as you can, and you're still going through the corner on the limit, but you have to approach the corner slightly differently; otherwise, you won't make the end of the race.

You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.

It's about never giving up until your hand is on the wall. I think people who get complacent, who think that they are in front, a sloppy touch, can cost you that elusive medal, just as much as the people who are gunning for you. If you believe you can get there right to the very end, miracles do happen.

In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.

Saving was slow and painful.

'Beatriz' has been a slow burn; people are still finding the movie. It's actually similar to the first few years of 'Friday Night Lights.'

I remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to go slow. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done.

If it's a slow race you have to be on your guard. You have to be patient, but I prefer that.

I only watch the last 40 seconds. Watching a whole marathon over time, the beginning, middle and end look very slow. I want to see action! I can't help it.

On the ice, if I slow down, I can coast behind somebody for a couple of laps. If I slow down on the run, it'll turn into a walk.

I had a great career. I have no reason to complain. It's the way it goes in nature. You slow down. And I believe I lasted a lot longer than a lot of people.

No, I'm not angling for huge fame. My career has been a very slow, arduous climb to the middle.

I learned from my dad that there may come a time in life when you need to slow down and take a breath and deal with things, and that's OK, but whatever you do... Don't stop, and don't quit. Even if it's hard, you can't be lazy.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.

So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required.

For nine years, I was playing at more or less the same weight and I'm a little bit slower than I used to be. But I'm glad I have a couple of pounds more because I think it will help me in games for sure.