Tim Ferriss Quotes

Every time I write down my goals, I realize that I have to hit the gym. I have to eat right. I have to improve in the ring. I have to give it 100%. I have to improve on my promos. These are the things that go through my head daily because I work hard on them.

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

I just stay focused, and I always think about gymnastics. I am just doing what I always do... working really hard and pushing myself to the maximum and keeping myself motivated.

I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, 'How did you get to where you're at today? How did you get to where you're running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?'

Any time you're banged up, your body hurts, you don't really feel like going to the gym. That's when I feel like you really have to push through it. That's when you really make the leaps and bounds in your game. So, pushing through those days is never easy, but that's what gets you good.

When I was about 15, I learnt that training hard doesn't get easier, you just learn to push harder. That's a powerful mentality to master.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

I never take a round off or a run off or a push-up off; that's just not in me.

Being a dancer or athlete of any type teaches you the fundamentals of discipline... and the ability to know you can grow.

I'm always prepared for five, six rounds. I train hard. Sometimes it's over quickly, but you have to be prepared for every round, always respecting your opponent.

Hard work and training. There's no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard and aim to be the best.

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.

Never, however, do I take shortcuts. There is not path of least resistance in my training. What I do equates to hard manual labor, disciplined grunt work. Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself. You might be able to fool some people, but you can never fool yourself. Your toughest critic is the one you face every morning in the mirror.

There's few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.

I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my lifestyle, and I'll train every day if I'm not hurt.

In baseball, you've got to keep working.

I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf.

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.

I can just put my head down and train hard.

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.