“If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.” IfsSportsAdviceAthleteMmaBest AdviceProfessional Athlete Author:Dominick Cruz
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” IfsInspirationalYearsMayMotivationalRunningPainLastsTimeSportsGoalHoursForeverMinutesGiving UpDeterminationPerseveranceAthleteQuittingMotivational SportsTemporaryReplacedDayBad AssInspirational SportsAthleticBodybuildingInspirational RunningToughnessI QuitReplacementsMotivational RunningMotivational Inspirational SportsGreat SportsAthlete MotivationalKeep RunningMental StrengthBest SportsReaching Your GoalsShort SportsShort Inspirational SportsGreatest SportsCross Country RunningShort Motivational SportsProfessional AthleteGreat Inspirational SportsGreat DeterminationMental ToughnessGreat Motivational SportsGreatest AthleteAthletic MotivationalAthletic InspirationalLove PainGym FitnessMotivational BodybuildingRace MotivationalGreat AthleticGym WorkoutBreast Cancer InspirationPerseverance SportsCrossfitLove Is PainMotivational SoftballPain Is TemporaryToughness In SportsMotivational SpeechSports Mental Toughness Author:Lance Armstrong
“There's just so much negative media surrounding professional athletes or sports in general, whether it's kids that are pressured too much or professional athletes making mistakes that influence their family...” KidsSportsMistakeToo MuchInfluenceMediaNegativeAthleteMaking MistakesPressuredProfessional AthleteSports In General Author:Kristopher Belman
“I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don't think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.” ThinkingWorldShouldKidsWinningForceSportsTeachShareLosingPressureAthleteWinning And LosingProfessional Athlete Author:Wayne Gretzky
“David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to say that he thinks I'm being overly generous. He points out that, for years, there used to be an "all-star challenge" on television, in which the best professional athletes from a variety of sports competed in a kind of makeshift decathlon.” ThinkingYearsKindBookUsedStarsSportsChallengesMemoriesTelevisionAthleteUsed To BeVarietyGenerousGenesAthleticsProfessional AthleteAll StarsDecathlon Author:Malcolm Gladwell