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“It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.”

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.”

“Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.”

“If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.”

“The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.”

“Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.”

“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”

“I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.”

“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.”

“It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.”

“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”

“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.”

“It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.”

“Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.”

“My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.”

“I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.”

“Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead”

“It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.”

“There is no such thing as life in-between.”

“I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.”

“You can't put a limit anything.”

“The principle is competing against yourself.”

“You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.”

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.”

“I stare out the window and wait for spring.”

“A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.”

“You're never a loser until you quit trying.”

“To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.”

“There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.”

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”

“You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in a heap, puking on the roadside. It's the physical brutality of climbing Mount Everest without the great view from the top of the world. What kind of person keeps coming back for more of that?”