March 2012
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
“I will either find a way or I will make one.”
February 2012
your full potential
“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” -Confucius
Don't Be A Dumbass Client →
“Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.”
- Cecil B. De Mille
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old,...”
– Socrates (via turbogirl)
“In my opinion what makes a really good coach versus just an average coach is your ability to train the emotional response of whatever it is you’re trying to do.”
Raphael Ruiz
Be a Bullet in a Gun!
“One of the things that we always tell the athletes is ‘be a bullet in a gun.’ No matter if you’re on field, no matter if you’re in the weight room, you’re trying to develop the mentality that you’re a bullet in a gun,” he says. “Squeeze the trigger, the bullet does what? Does it think? Does it hesitate? Does it go slow? It goes as hard, as fast as it can possibly go—no matter what.”
Raphael...
“Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.”
- Charles de Gaulle
“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.”
- Dr. David M. Burns
“Work every day. No matter what has happened the day or night before, get up and bite on the nail.”
— Ernest Hemingway
Having Words With Lisbeth: No Excuses →
lisbethdarsh:
You know I signed up for the CrossFit Games Open. I can’t stop myself. I’m still not 100% injury-free and I’m tired from travel and I work way too much and I have kids and fifty other excuses why I should have kept my $20 in my pocket and just said “See ya next year!” Wah wah wah wah.
“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous...”
– E.E. Cummings (via blackestofmoons)
infinitely-curious:
“To gain respect, begin by respecting yourself. Live up to your word. Do not, under any circumstances, go against that in which you believe. Do not exploit others. And, most importantly, start to love, wishing good and success to everyone you meet.”
Thomas D. Willhite
nurture your dream
“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.” - Lao Tzu
the choice that scares you the most
“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you.” - Caroline Myss
defeat
“Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and its punishment is but an urge for me to greater effort to achieve my goal. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth.” - Bruce Lee,
attempt the impossible
“This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.” - Bette Davis
try to be better than yourself
“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” - William Faulkner
as if this is all there is
“Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.” - Mary Anne Radmacher
the fishing is best where the fewest go
“The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits. There is just less competition for bigger goals.” - Timothy Ferriss
“You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone outta be.”
- Elizabeth Gilbert
“Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.”
- Wayne Dyer
“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”
- Max Lucado
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