John Bingham Quotes

It's not like I have media out there when I'm training. I'm training the same. I'm putting in the same work.

I was the first one in the gym, and the last one to leave.

The stuff I do, I do every day, and I've been doing it for long periods of time. I don't start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.

Even if there were two of me, I still couldn't do all that has to be done. No matter what, though, I keep up my running. Running every day is a kind of lifeline for me, so I'm not going to lay off or quit just because I'm busy. If I used being busy as an excuse not to run, I'd never run again. I have only a few reasons to keep on running, and a truckload of them to quit. All I can do is keep those few reasons nicely polished.

Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

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

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

I train six to seven hours every single day. I wake up six days a week and know that it's going to be the same thing.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

Sometimes I play without any strength or energy, but you have to play, give the best of yourself.

Train hard, train hard, train hard.

A lot of the guys worry about their form. For me, it is just about being persistent and patient.

I only think of my practice and running as fast as I can.

It's natural for players to be relaxed, so you have to be there to say, 'You have to do it again and again and again.'

I try to bring the same energy every game.

I'm going to finish my runs hard, and I'm going to try to set the tone.

It gets hard no matter what it is you're doing - school, work - the only way you're going to do it is if you stay consistent and focused.

Sometimes, you're on the field, you get tired. If I'm not playing as hard on play 66 as I was on play number 1, then... come on.

Every training session you take part in, you have to work very hard and train hard because there is no other way to get where you want to be - it's not a secret and not a magic formula - just hard work and application.

When I train, I train well.

I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.'

I have a real worker-bee mentality. Just show up, just do it. Even if you feel like s--t and you think you're terrible and you'll never get better and it will never go anywhere, just show up and do it. And, eventually, something happens.

The commitment. I think that's the key quality of all successful people. You just have to keep at it. People who enjoy sustained success understand the fact that you have to remain very committed to whatever it is you're doing, especially in this instant-gratification culture.

Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.

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