February 2012
fanciful knowledge
“Human understanding is not composed of dry light, but is subject to influence from the will and the emotions, a fact that creates fanciful knowledge; man prefers to believe what he wants to be true.” —Francis Bacon, Bazell, Josh (2012-02-08). Wild Thing: A Novel . Hachette Book Group. Kindle Edition.
Watch“When I eat, it is the food that is scared.”
“I never learned from a man who agreed with me.”
- Robert A. Heinlein
striking true
“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”
- Honore de Balzac
you have to care
“The first and most important rule as a good trainer is you have to care. And no matter how good, strict, and refined we are, we can never enforce caring.”
—Tony Budding, Director of CrossFit Media
know you can win
You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.”
- Sugar Ray Leonard
January 2012
the fear of failure
“Only one thing makes a dream impossible: the fear of failure.”
- Paulo Coelho
Impossible is nothing
“Impossible is just a small word that is thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in a world they’ve been given to explore the power they have, to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It is an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It is a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing!”
- Muhammad Ali
they deserve your respect
”Coaches are measured by their effectiveness at developing performance parameters, that lend to skill acquisition. You may not like them during a session, but when you step on that field, on the court, in the water or down range, they deserve your respect. Its the respect from recognizing that good coaches give you their heart, mind, body & soul so that you may succeed.”
-...
“Failure is good. It’s fertilizer. Everything I’ve learned about coaching, I’ve...”
– Rick Pitino (via tribander)
“The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.”
– Denis Waitley (via turbogirl)
turbogirl:
“Happiness does not come from doing easy work But from the afterglow of satisfaction That comes after the achievement of A difficult task that demanded our best.”
“What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via turbogirl)
“Everybody gets insecure. Nobody is perfect. So you have two options. You can sit...”
– Timothy DeLaGhetto (via turbogirl)
A new region
“A traveler I am, and a navigator, and every day I discover a new region within my soul.”
— Khalil Gibran
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do...”
– Pablo Picasso (via turbogirl)
Love like that
“The sun never says to the earth,
‘You owe me.’
Look what happens with a love like that.
It lights up the whole sky.”
- Hafiz
your doctor
“Your doctor is a lifeguard, not a swim coach.”
Greg Glassman
look like a winner
“Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.”
— Diane Arbus
win it
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
reckless aspirations
“The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.”
- Vauvenargues
Goals
“Goals. There’s no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There’s no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There’s no telling what will happen when you act upon them.”
- Jim Rohn
one prayer
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.”
- Voltaire
dream big dreams
“When you allow yourself to begin to dream big dreams, creatively abandon the activities that are taking up too much of your time, and focus your inward energies on alleviating your main constraints, you start to feel an incredible sense of power and confidence.”
- Brian Tracy
Lose more now. Win more later.
“When you lose, you’re more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.”
— Venus Williams
Inner peace
“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”
Robert J Sawyer
Word of the day
WODBONER
noun. The inappropriate sexual arousal due to the expectation of or the actual doing of a workout of the day.
“Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you’re not...”
– Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathoner (via turbogirl)
Never too late
“For what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, start whenever you want, you can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you. I hope you feel things that you never felt before. I hope you meet people...
