“Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.” MenFightingWinningEducationInspirational LifeTrainingHeavyOdds Book:The Writings of Mark Twain Source: The Writings of Mark Twain
“Discipline is no longer literal obedience but intelligent obedience, for discipline aims at obedience coupled with activity of will. Once discipline weakens and vanishes, as it does towards the latter stages of the fire fight, and the crowd instinct possesses the soldier, then will he, if training has formed those necessary mental reflexes, surrender himself to the will of his leader; this is where leadership supplants discipline without destroying it.” IfsDoeFightingLeaderFireStageDisciplineActivityTrainingIntelligentAimInstinctSoldierCrowdsSurrenderObedienceLatterDestroyingLiteralReflexes Author:J. F. C. Fuller
“Fight against your ego with the four swords of training: eat little, sleep little, speak little, and be patient when people harm you... Then the ego will walk the paths of obedience, like a fleeing horseman in the field of battle.” PeopleLittlesWisdomFightingSpeakSleepWalksPathFourFieldsBattleEgoTrainingPatientHarmObedienceIslamicBe PatientFleeingHorsemenNafs Author:Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi
“It's harder to end a war than begin one. Indeed, everything that American troops have done in Iraq -- all the fighting and all the dying, the bleeding and the building, and the training and the partnering -- all of it has led to this moment of success. Now, Iraq is not a perfect place. It has many challenges ahead. But we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a new partnership between our nations.” PeopleWarEndsSelfDoneMomentsGovernmentFightingNationsChallengesPerfectBehindsDyingBuildingTrainingHarderLeavingIraqStablePartnershipTroopsRepresentativesSovereignBleedingIraq WarSelf ReliantAmerican TroopsRepresentative GovernmentPartnering Author:Barack Obama
“It was going to be really tough to juggle the two as far as rehab and strength training, getting the shoulder back to where it needed to be and also worrying about the weight cut. We thought as a team that the best option for me right now with the recovery was to stay at middleweight, for this fight at least. We'll see what happens after this.” TwoHappensFightingWorryCuttingTeamNeededRight NowTrainingToughWeightShouldersRecoveryWorkoutRehabStrength Training Author:Dylan Andrews
“Gene Tunney called Gibbons 'the perfect boxer.' Gene said he learned more about the technique of boxing and punching from watching Mike training in New York gymnasiums and in actual fights in Gotham than he learned from any other individual associated with the fistic sport. Moreover, Tunney has told me it was Gibbons' clean-cut victory over Jack Dillon, the mighty light heavyweight from Indianapolis, that inspired in him the belief he could whip Jack Dempsey.” SaidLightFightingIndividualBeliefSportsPerfectCuttingNew YorkVictoryTrainingCleanInspiredTechniqueBoxingGenesMikeWhipsBoxersHeavyweightsPunchingIndianapolisGymnasiumsGotham Author:George Aaron Barton
“I feel good because it's my first finish in UFC. Training camp was long and hard and I prepared for a long fight but I have no complaints. I'm going to stay in this cycle and be this healthy in every camp. I feel great with this nutrition and the way my body has reacted to it. I'm firing on all cylinders. I've been talking about this move down for a long time and when you do it the right way you don't feel any effects. I don't want to make this harder than it needs to be. I've got great coaches and I know I haven't peaked yet. I’m going to keep getting better and I’m taking on all comers.” KnowsWayWantNeedsFeelsFirstsLongHardBodyMovingFightingTalkingEffectsHavensHealthyLong TimeTrainingHarderPreparedCoachesFeel GoodGet BetterCyclesCampsNutritionComplaintsRight WayFiringI Feel GoodUfcGreat CoachCylindersTraining Camp Author:Daniel Cormier
“The fight training was very extensive, a lot of stretching, a lot of coordination of balance exercises.” FightingBalanceExerciseTrainingStretchingCoordination Author:Jason Statham
“I'd really like to get to do some fighting, some martial arts training, because I think that would be really fun I do gymnastics and ballet, and I'm very, very into the physically acrobatic end of sport.” ThinkingArtEndsWould BeFightingFunSportsTrainingMartial ArtsBalletGymnastics Author:Anna Paquin
“Surviving war is an excellent training process. If it weren't so brutal, I 'd recommend it as an excellent start-up course in life. I feel that over years of endurance, hard work and perseverance of determination and conviction, of claiming our rights to stay alive, to be free and to be ourselves, of fighting the biggest wars as much as the smaller ones, our will can indeed move mountains for us.” IfsFeelsYearsWarHardMovingFightingCoursesProcessAliveRightsHard WorkMountainTrainingDeterminationPerseveranceConvictionExcellentEnduranceBrutalSurvivingStaying AliveMove Mountains Book:I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman Source: I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman
“When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight” FightingStudyTrainingTitlesHeavyweightsAria Author:Michael Bolton