Shaquem Griffin Quotes

It wasn't until my late twenties that I learned that by working out I had given myself a great gift. I learned that nothing good comes without work and a certain amount of pain. When I finish a set that leaves me shaking, I know more about myself. When something gets bad, I know it can't be as bad as that workout.

My dad's a bodybuilder. My whole life I've been taught to train the hard way. I believe in earning strength, not buying it. My grandfather raised me old school: In baseball, you work for whatever you get.

I'm building myself up and working hard on my body.

I train heavy and hard every workout. That's the only way I knew. I know it was the key to my success.

You need to learn to improve, and I can say that I learn something every day in the gym.

I'm the kind of guy that grows, and that's what I do everyday in the gym. Work on new stuff and stay relevant.

You know that every bead of sweat falling off your head, every weight you've pumped - the history of that is all in your eyes.

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

I started slow, and eventually I started working out 4 to 5 days a week. We all have to start somewhere, and doing something is better than nothing at all.

I mean, everyone walks into the gym on day one skinny or fat. Arnold Schwarzenegger walked into the gym skinny at 15 or 16, and I was that way, too.

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 know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else.

My fitness journey will be a lifelong journey.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

I believe that anyone can become better, if you put in the effort.

I never thought I'd be an expert at sword fighting, I never thought I'd be an expert in protein powders - I'm close to being an expert in both. It's great!

I want more muscles! I go to the gym three or four times a week with a personal trainer. I can afford that now. I can't put on weight though, no matter how much I eat.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

The point of my job is to entertain and make it look easy, so I guess it's the parts you don't often see which make me feel proud. All the behind the scenes work, the fears and insecurities I have to face and overcome to improve myself as a person and performer, all of the people who believe in me and encourage me.

I'm not in the best shape, but I want to prove to myself I can do something that seems insurmountable and inspire others by showing them no matter where they are in their fitness goals, they can do it, too.

You can always improve your fitness if you keep training.

Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.

I took my weight training to a new level.

It's funny how sometimes how the public some people think I was born like this. That I maybe I sleep and I do big muscle, but its a lot of work to look like this and to be in this kind of condition.