Can't seem to get out of your fitness rut?
If you're in need of some serious inspiration to fuel your upcoming workout, look no further than these 30 motivational quotes from fitness icons, coaches, celebrities, professional athletes and more.
Positivity
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"A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do."
-Chuck Norris
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"It's never too late--never too late to start over, never too late to be happy."
-Jane Fonda
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"Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."
-Arnold Schwarzenegger
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"Remember this: Your body is your slave. It works for you."
-Jack LaLanne
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If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
-Venus Williams
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Yoga
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"Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured."
-B.K.S. Iyengar
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"Don't say 'I can't.' Say 'I presently struggle with.'"
-Tony Horton
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"The body only profits a little from exercising, but the spirit profits a lot."
-Billy Blanks
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"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
-Mahatma Gandhi
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"I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger."
-Mia Hamm
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"Believe you can and you're half way there."
-Theodore Roosevelt
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"If you have a body, you are an athlete."
-Bill Bowerman
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"It's not whether you get knocked down. It's whether you get up."
-Vince Lombardi
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"It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory."
- Blaise Pascal
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"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
-Michael Jordan
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"You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take."
-Wayne Gretzky
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"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
-Jim Ryun
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"I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life."
-Louise Hay
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"Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind."
-Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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"With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains."
-Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
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"I didn't get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it."
-Estee Lauder
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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle
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"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one."
-Dolly Parton
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"Quality is much better than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."
-Steve Jobs
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"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."
-Earl Nightingale
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"When there is no struggle, there is no strength."
-Oprah Winfrey
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"Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't."
-Jerry Rice
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"Don't count the days, make the days count."
-Muhammad Ali
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"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."
-Babe Ruth
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