"Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches."

-- Mark Rippetoe

#Workout Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Hell Quotes

“People tell me it was a great left hook, but I wouldn't know. I never saw it”
“I had a normal childhood. There were women, but it wasn't like Hefner's Playboy Mansion. If it was, I'd still be living at home!”
“There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.”
“I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn't see the judges. I was this little person on the ice and they were just people that would stand around the boards.”

Source : "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.
“I began to draw an invisible boundary between myself and other people. No matter who I was dealing with. I maintained a set distance, carefully monitoring the personâ€™s attitude so that they wouldnâ€™t get any closer. I didnâ€™t easily swallow what other people told me. My only passions were books and music”
“If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.”
“I smiled back, the importance of manners, my mother always said, is inversely related to how inclined one is to use them, or, in other words, sometimes politeness is all that stands between oneself and madness.”
“I've become more like water, I'm more relaxed and I'll say, "Okay, let's just completely change it and do it that way."”

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