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Quotes About Training

I'm a medical doctor by training. I'm a physician, not a politician. And I'm in this as a mother on fire.
~ Jill Stein
I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general.
~ Alfred M. Gray
My mom was a professional fitness competitor, so I go into the gym with her. I train with my dad and mother. It's embarrassing, because she's really strong.
~ Booboo Stewart
Repetition is the mother of education.
~ Jean Paul
Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.
~ Ezra Taft Benson
I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her.
~ Joan Sutherland
I see a boy with his mother's ambition, performing for love, trained in submission.
~ Pete Townshend
If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.
~ Ernest Hemingway
There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.
~ Emil Zatopek
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
~ Joe Paterno
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
~ Juma Ikangaa
I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would be an Olympic athlete. It always seemed to evolve.
~ Dick Fosbury
I told myself there was no way I was going to let this training go to waste. It was my time, and I was ready to go.
~ Katie Hoff
Any idiot can train himself into the ground; the trick is working in training to get gradually stronger.
~ Keith Brantly
Runners don't run with their legs, they run ON their legs. In reality, they run with their Arms!
~ Percy Cerutty
Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
~ Sugar Ray Leonard
You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.
~ Roger Maris
I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for.
~ Ian Thorpe
One must make the warrior walk his everyday walk.
~ Miyamoto Musashi
You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.
~ Frank Shorter
Most champions are built by punch the clock workouts rather than extraordinary efforts.
~ Dan John
All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired.
~ Brendan Foster
Our mind is the most valuable possession that we have. The quality of our lives is, and will be, a reflection of how well we develop, train, and utilize this precious gift.
~ Brian Tracy
Winning is the science of being totally prepared
~ George Allen