Motivation for the athlete: 20 phrases to keep your spirit strong

Sometimes in the middle of the journey or very close to the finish line, we turn inward to find the strength to keep moving forward. We’ve collected 20 phrases that will fill you with motivation and determination.

1. Many people fail simply because they give up two steps away from success. (Simon Hartley)

2- Inaction breeds anxiety and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it. Get up and take action. (Meg J.)

3- The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a cistern or a teaspoon instead of a backhoe. They expect little and end up getting little. (Ben Sweetland)

4. Opportunities don’t come on their own – you create them.

5. Start from where you are now. Use what you have and do the best you can. (Arthur Ashe)

6. Always choose the hardest path – you will not meet any competitors on it. (Charles de Gaulle)

7. Never think you have lost a competition if you still have one last exercise left. (Larisa Latynina)

8. Triumph does not give real strength, it is formed by struggle. (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

9. If a man gets up after a fall, it’s not physics, it’s character.

10. Past victories, no matter how significant they were, do not give any additional privileges. (Lev Yashin)

11. You can be anything you want to be if you take the time to do it. (Conor McGregor)

12- Life is not what you get. It’s what you do with what you receive. (Stephanie Perkins)

13. If you feel like giving up, remember what you were holding on to before. (Jared Leto)

14. Every hardship is given for something.

15. Each of us is endowed with innate strengths and abilities that we just need to discover, not reinvent. (Richard Branson)

16. The day you take full responsibility for your own future and stop looking for excuses for doubt will be the day you start moving to the top. (O. J. Simpson)

17. Don’t listen to those who tell you to play the violin when you are excellent on the drums. (Jose Mourinho)

18. If you’re not going to follow through, then why are you even doing it? (Namath)

19. Exercise is never unnecessary. But it’s better to realize this now, rather than the moment your fat, heavy-breathing body is being chased by half a dozen zombies. (Avicenna)

20. People make the mistake of thinking of great Olympians as athletes. Everyone is an athlete. If you have a body, you are an athlete. (Phil Knight)