30 Motivational Fitness Quotes

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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
Never Too Late
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"It's never too late--never too late to start over, never too late to be happy."

-Jane Fonda
Struggles
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"Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger
Your Body
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"Remember this: Your body is your slave. It works for you."

-Jack LaLanne
Keep Going
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If the sun comes up, I have a chance.

-Venus Williams
Time
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"All great achievements require time."

-Maya Angelou
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
I Can't
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"Don't say 'I can't.' Say 'I presently struggle with.'"

-Tony Horton
Spirit
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"The body only profits a little from exercising, but the spirit profits a lot."

-Billy Blanks
Strength
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"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

-Mahatma Gandhi
Trigger
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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
Believe
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"Believe you can and you're half way there."

-Theodore Roosevelt
Athlete
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"If you have a body, you are an athlete."

-Bill Bowerman
Get Up
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"It's not whether you get knocked down. It's whether you get up."

-Vince Lombardi
Victory
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"It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory."

- Blaise Pascal
Failure
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"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

-Michael Jordan
Shots
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"You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take."

-Wayne Gretzky
Habit
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"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."

-Jim Ryun
Rest of My Life
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"I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life."

-Louise Hay
Age
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"Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind."

-Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Drive
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"With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains."

-Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Working for It
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"I didn't get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it."

-Estee Lauder
Excellence
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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit."

-Aristotle
Pave Another One
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"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one."

-Dolly Parton
Quality
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"Quality is much better than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."

-Steve Jobs
Time Will Pass Anyway
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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
No Struggle
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"When there is no struggle, there is no strength."

-Oprah Winfrey
Today
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"Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't."

-Jerry Rice
Days Count
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"Don't count the days, make the days count."

-Muhammad Ali
Hard to Beat
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"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."

-Babe Ruth