Quotes About Stamina

It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.

The most important thing is to understand that this career is not about speed. It's about stamina. This is a marathon. It's not a 50-meter sprint. You have to persevere and understand it takes a lot of time. You have to know you're going to knock on 100 doors and 99 of them are going to close in your face.

The one thing about me, if it is a 15-minute fight, I'm fighting every one of them 15 minutes. And if it's a 25-minute fight, I'll be fighting all 25 until the bell rings.

In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy, maybe for six months.

As a heterosexual ballet dancer, you develop a thick skin.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

I don't have bionic arms, and I have absolutely no stamina. Once I rubbed out the penciled-in marginalia of a hundred pages of a book that I wanted to photocopy (long story) and afterwards it felt like I'd been wanking off a giant for a hundred years.

he attributed his incredible stamina and strength to (1) the power of God, (2) traveling 4,000 to 5,000 miles yearly, (3) the ability to sleep whenever and wherever he wanted, (4) getting up at a set hour between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m., and (5) constant preaching, particularly in the morning.

A quarter century of running a restaurant - that's a long time to do one thing.

I mean, I just try to run hard all four quarters.

I think whether home or away, it's playing a full four quarters, doing good things on offense all the way through the game rather than just in spurts.

The bigger size of the weight class, guys are going to get tired a little bit quicker. They get tired to where they can't even keep their hands up in the fourth and fifth round.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

In Formula 1, you need a great level of endurance because the races are long, so you need a pretty good base endurance.

I know that's definitely the way for me to run races - instead of trying to burn up at the front and blowing up, it's always better to be passing people at the end.

Prestigious events like the Main Event at the WSOP are marathon races. Fatigue is sure to set in.

In NASCAR, you don't have to be as physically strong as in some other forms of racing. You've just got to be able to endure the heat and endurance of it.

I'm not afraid to do long rallies. I like that.

I feel like I can move well on the clay. So if I need to get into a longer rally, I can.

I'm not going to throw haymakers the whole fight; I'll gas out.

I have one goal every single year, and that's to play every single game.

As a goalkeeper, you have games where you're really exhausted afterwards, even though you didn't run as much.

I think it is important to do good work and last longer than to do lot of work and burn out quickly.

We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season.