“I start preparing for a game, much like the rest of the squad, after the previous match finishes. We talk about what we did well and what we can improve. We play a lot of games in a very short space of time, so I think it’s important to always look forwards and never backwards in football.”— Lionel Messi, fourfourtwo.com
“You might see the shots I take on the field, but you don’t see what’s behind those results—countless hours of training and a commitment to good nutrition.”— Cristiano Ronaldo, twitter.com
“For me, the season never stops. I’m always in training, and it’s how I keep myself in peak physical shape. When I’m not on the field training, I’m in the gym focusing on weights and cardio. I think a good balance of weights and cardio is a great way to keep yourself in shape year-round.”— Cristiano Ronaldo, mensjournal.com
“Youngsters of Little League can survive under-coaching a lot better than over-coaching.”— Willie Mays, baseball-almanac.com
“For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.”— Emmitt Smith, profootballhof.com
“Because a football game is just sixty minutes, but I'm training six, seven hours in every day. So, going for sixty minutes becomes easy. More importantly, I think that your muscles mature and can move in all different directions.”— Ray Lewis, sports.yahoo.com
“Education and training for all children to be equal in opportunity in all schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions of training in the professions and vocations in life; to be regulated on the capacity of children to learn, and not on the ability of parents to pay the costs. Training f…”— Huey Long, en.wikiquote.org
“I think a lot of the training comes from experience both conscious and unconscious, and they might reveal themselves as they go.”— Maynard James Keenan, noisey.vice.com
“He knew you could never teach an animal anything if you struck it, or even shouted at it angrily. He must always be gentle, and quiet, and patient, even when they made mistakes.”— Laura Ingalls Wilder, amazon.com
“You have to train to accomplish something big. Pick a challenge, train for it and succeed.”— John Lincoln, twitter.com
“The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.”— Frank Herbert, amazon.com
“The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard.”— Mark Rippetoe, amazon.com
“Heading to Annapolis to speak to the midshipmen and women at the US Naval Academy tonight. Guess in the Navy they don't need sniper training so I'll just have to speak about sex.”— Dr. Ruth Westheimer, twitter.com
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”— Muhammad Ali, keepinspiring.me
“I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.”— Peyton Manning, keepinspiring.me
“Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her.”— Mia Hamm, keepinspiring.me