William James Quotes

I don't have stamina in exercise... but I have it in life.

My life I was raised to believe that you should never give in—that you should never give up.

I don't stop when I am tired; I stop when I am done.

As a decathlete, you take pride in saying, 'The elements, I'm not going to let them affect me. It's just the 11th event. Another thing you have to fight through.'

Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, 'I must keep going.' It's that voice that says nothing is a failure if it is not final. That voice that says to you, 'Get out of bed. Keep going. I will not quit.'

A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight!

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

If you don't have any fight in you, you might as well be dead.

That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.

I have the strength to endure it all.

I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand you're going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.

Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.

There's something in human nature, the trying-to-get-on-with-it quality of people, the struggle to maintain or keep the show going can be exhausting.

You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

If you have to, take a break, go to your corner, get some sleep, but don't ever give up. You will get there.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

The will is what matters - as long as you have that, you are safe.

Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.