Dirk Nowitzki Quotes

You retire, but you're still aching to play. But in order to play, you have to resist certain temptations, and train hard. And I just didn't have the desire to do that any more.

I am always training because I love it.

Sports is my passion.

What you live for is to wake up in the morning looking forward to training.

I train hard, every day, not because it's my job but because I love football.

When you start to work out during your holidays, you know you've got the motivation. When I stop working hard during my holidays and getting excited before the beginning of the season, that's when I'll know it's time to call it quits.

I'm going to stay training every day. I'm going to stay sharp, because that's what I love to do.

People who are fit are the same as anyone else. The only difference is their level of commitment. If looking good and being fit was easy, everyone would do it! Most people don't want to put in the work or make the sacrifices needed in order to be fit.

I train and I go home, and when I'm home, I think about training. That's my life every day, and that's it.

No matter what I'm doing, I'm training. I'm training every day and I think that's something I won't lose - no matter what I do, no matter what event I'm at, I always find a way to train. It's just something that I love to do.

Gotta stay in the gym, stay funny, stay sharp. I just love working.

When you go to the training ground day after day, there's times when you don't want to do it, especially when you see all the boys go out to training.

That's the easy part, to continue to do what you love, to focus, to train, there's no extra motivation that needs to be added to that.

My whole life revolved around gymnastics because I loved it so much. I home-schooled because of it; I changed my eating habits.

Sports is my life, and I live for it.

Training is my life. It's all I've known since I was in second grade, when I started wrestling.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

When you step on the treadmill, make a commitment. Do, say, 3 miles a day. And don't get off until you finish. It doesn't matter what speed you're going. Just don't get off.

Let's face it: fitness is boring. But it's critical to be extremely dedicated to whatever you decide to take up to achieve a desired result. There's no way you are going to get there without dedication, which is the key for me.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.

I would say that one of the really special gifts about playing an athlete is that it's the best motivation you'll ever have to get in top shape and stay in top shape because you know that you're going to be expected to deliver.

If you love something, you have to stay really focused and can't let outside things distract you.

I just love putting on the uniform; it's what I have done since I was 6 or 7 years old. It's the life I know. If I didn't love the life of baseball, I wouldn't work out like I do every winter.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.