Phil Heath Quotes

I have high expectations for myself - as an athlete, as a man, as an individual - and wrestling has helped me build a lot of character knowing that I have to remain humble but also fight complacency.

Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.

I don't care what other people say. I fight every day to be the best player I can.

Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're doing, which then travels outside into their home and work life.

I really built myself up, darn it, to be very strong.

You can always be stronger.

I have a talent for coming up with an analogy about martial arts training for everything. It's because training to improve your martial arts skills and training to step into a cage and fight another person teaches you a lot about... everything.

I'm quite a strong person, and I've become even stronger.

I've done all my bike circuit cardio workouts when I know I gotta push my numbers higher and I gotta be better than I was before. It sucks. Your body doesn't want to do it, but I've done that. I know I have that in me.

When you're actually boxing, unless it's a proper grudge match, it's less about beating the person up and more about being better within yourself. Being patient, timing things, like chess, so really, it's as much down to you as what the other person does - and that's life.

The truth is, gymnastics is a beautiful sport that has allowed me to grow and learn invaluable life lessons: sacrifice, dedication, discipline. Eventually, it led me to my voice.

I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me.

My philosophy is to be strong and work hard.

Humble enough to prepare, confident enough to perform.

You've always got to have that inner confidence in you. That's where it all starts. You're gong to have good days, you're going to have bad days. You've got to have the same desire and try to get better each day.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

I don't lack confidence. I don't sweat. I don't want to get too Zen on you, but I have to run my own race.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.

I need to learn how to face challenges.

So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.

After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'