Fitness Motivation: 50 Workout Quotes to Get Inspired
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By Marnie Kunz,
Certified personal trainer and run coach
If you’re in need of fitness motivation, these workout quotes will get you fired up. Whether you’re hitting the gym or going for a run, these powerful quotes will help you push through even the toughest workouts. After years of training people, I realize it’s common to get stuck in a rut with your workout routine. These motivational quotes will give you inspiration to bump up your physical activity and stay on course to crush your fitness goals.
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Fitness Motivation Quotes
Getting Started
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” — Wayne Gretzky
“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali
“The difference between try and triumph is a little umph!” — Marvin Phillips
“A little progress each day adds up to big results” — Satya Nani
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain
“Success isn’t always about greatness, it’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” — Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
“I’d rather regret the risk that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take at all.” — Simone Biles
“Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom.” — Jack LaLanne
“When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.” ― Stephen Richards
Overcoming Challenges
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” — Muhammad Ali
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
The best motivational quotes will inspire you to workout.
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” — Earl Nightingale
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” — Vince Lombardi
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” — Christopher Reeve
“The secret to success is to never give up.” — Albert Einstein
“The only way to overcome fear is to face it.” — Nelson Mandela
“The real workout starts when you want to stop.” — Ronnie Coleman
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Khalil Gibran
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” — Helen Keller
“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” — Bruce Lee
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 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
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” — Michael John Bobak
“I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door -- or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.” ― Joan Rivers
Mental training is as important as physical training.
Mindest
“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” — Buddha
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” — Jim Rohn
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” — Bruce Lee
“Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.” — Kobe Bryant
Keep pushing through the challenges.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” — Aristotle
“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, just pretend that you do and at some point, you will.” — Venus Williams
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.” — Tommy Lasorda
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” — Albert Schweitzer
“Believe you can, and you're halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but because of lack of commitment.” ― Vince Lombardi Jr.
“The hardest thing to do in life is to be yourself.” ― Aimee Nicole Walker
Strength and Power
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” — Napoleon Hill
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
“Sometimes carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.” — Albert Camus
“The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.” — Rafael Nadal
Enjoying the Process
Remember to stop and savor the moment sometimes.
“The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.” — Kobe Bryant
“The first wealth is health.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” — Steve Prefontaine
“I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.” — Jack LaLanne
“I’ve had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile, things will work out.” — Serena Williams
“I want to be able to look back and say, ‘I’ve done everything I can, and I was successful.’ I don’t want to look back and say I should have done this or that.” — Michael Phelps
“At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.” — Simone Biles
“Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live in.” ― Jim Rohn
More Fitness Motivation
What are your favorite motivational workout quotes? Comment below or follow and tag @Runstreet on Instagram for more fitness motivation. If you need a training plan to help you step up your fitness or running, visit the Runstreet Training Center and I’ll be happy to help you. Happy sweating to you!
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Marnie Kunz is a NASM-certified personal trainer and USATF- and RRCA-certified running coach based in Brooklyn, NY. Marnie likes helping people get and stay active to enjoy a better quality of life. When she’s not doing fitness things, Marnie enjoys exploring with her dog, a mischievous rescue Akita.
