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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby kuya17 » Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:04 am


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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan on Basketball, however it can be pulled across to this field :).

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. - Michael Jordan

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory. - Bruce Lee

It does not matter where one begins, only where they end up.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

Only by going too far can one possibly find out how far they can go.
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby kidsoftheblackhole » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:10 pm

I really liked that Henry Rollins quote in the SL ebook (?) about what the iron (i.e. weightlifting) means to him, if anyone remembers where it is please post it.
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby knoted » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:46 pm

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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby ada24 » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:26 pm

It's like my old boss used to say --

When I closed the door to the work van on my hand: "Only hurts for a minute."

When I had a 22 oz. estwing fall on my head: "Only hurts for a minute."

When an A/C unit dropped on my foot: "Only hurts for a minute."

:wink:
"You just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: 'Have ya paid your dues, Jack?' 'Yessir, the check is in the mail.' "
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby David » Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:19 pm

My sig line...
Body building isn't everything...it's just that being small, weak and puny really sucks.

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Squat 240 Bench 230 T-bar row 170 Press 150
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby kidsoftheblackhole » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:23 pm

kidsoftheblackhole wrote:I really liked that Henry Rollins quote in the SL ebook (?) about what the iron (i.e. weightlifting) means to him, if anyone remembers where it is please post it.


noone? :roll:
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby Cynical » Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:18 pm

“I have never met a truly strong person who didn’t have self-respect. When I see guys working out for cosmetic reasons, I see vanity exposing them in the worst way, as cartoon characters, billboards for imbalance and insecurity. Strength reveals itself through character.

Muscle mass does not always equal strength. Strength is kindness and sensitivity. Strength is understanding that your power is both physical and emotional. That it comes from the body and the mind. And the heart.

The Iron is the best antidepressant I have ever found. There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength. Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true potential, it’s impossible to turn back.

The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you’re a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds.” - Henry Rollins
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby kidsoftheblackhole » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:05 pm

thanx, Cynical.
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby Leanstrong » Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:39 pm

just found this one I really like:

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things"
-Albert Einstein
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby wrenchhands » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:14 pm

My Trizzitymctraining Log
5'11 · 176lb(180) · 23yo · 3x5 PR: Squat 215(1.5bw) · Bench 135(BW) · OHP 105(135) · Row 125(BW) · Deadlift 270(2bw) · Power Clean 115(?)

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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby kidsoftheblackhole » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:32 pm

Good stuff.
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby DeadStrength » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:39 pm

This quote is horribly out of context but in context it does nothing for me. In and of itself however, this quote has aided me in the gym and in my life, whenever and wherever I have needed mental toughness and grit. Kind of repeated like a mantra.


"Be there no question of certain strengths. Know this intention. Forever stronger than all."
-Pantera, 'Strength Beyond Strength'


Also, one of my recent favorites:

"There is no harvest without work"
-RA Scion from Common Market
I buy fish oil, not snake oil.
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby Rugger » Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:19 am

DeadStrength wrote:"Be there no question of certain strengths. Know this intention. Forever stronger than all."
-Pantera, 'Strength Beyond Strength'


Some might not understand, possession
Beyond your hands.
You recognize it, while some ignore it
Avoid the masses, you've got to belong to it.

Pantera is the manliest poetry.
"The game may only be to move a ball forward on a dirt field, but the task can be accomplished with an unshackled joy and its memories will be a permanent delight."
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby DeadStrength » Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:21 pm

Rugger wrote:Pantera is the manliest poetry.


Right on! This is how I feel when I'm trying to reach the power rack before the guy who wants to do curls:

"you've waged a war of nerves
but you can't crush the kingdom

can't be what your idols are. can't leave the scar.
you cry for compensation. i ask you please just give us...

5 minutes alone"

rofl :mrgreen:
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Re: Inspiring Quotes

Postby Rugger » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:16 pm

You and I are definitely on the same page.
"The game may only be to move a ball forward on a dirt field, but the task can be accomplished with an unshackled joy and its memories will be a permanent delight."
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