Ronnie Coleman Quotes

Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the best.

The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you.

There's no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don't feel it at all.

I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.

In my opinion, the power of the mind in sport is vital. If you can overpower those physical risks mentally, you can get your body round it physically. I've made my body do things because of my mind that it shouldn't have been able to do.

Indeed, the best way to think of willpower is not as some shapeless behavioral trait but as a sort of psychic muscle, one that can atrophy or grow stronger depending on how it's used.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

When you reach that elite level, 90 percent is mental and 10 percent is physical. You are competing against yourself. Not against the other athlete.

My clients train hard. They don't scream or throw weights - they just push hard, trying to get more out of themselves than their bodies want to give, trying to walk that terrible, beautiful line between controlled aggression and all-out insanity.

The forthputting of willpower is a means of strengthening willpower. The will becomes strong by exercise. To stick to a thing till you are master is a test of intellectual discipline and power.

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

Comebacks are not at all easy. After a major surgery, the difficult part is to conquer the inner demons. It's all in the mind. Only an individual can overcome his fears.

You don't get to the top in professional sport without being hard and tough, but I do that in my way. I don't shout or scream, but I am determined and I will push harder than 99 per cent of cricketers in training.

That's what Stay Hyped is all about, is 'I can go when others can't, I won't tap out when others will.' It's kind of just living my mantra.

It doesn't matter who other people are saying the favourite is; I'm still going in to win the gold medal.

It is exactly in tough times when we discover our full potential, it allows our mind and body to push ourselves beyond our limits.

You can't be an athlete and doubt yourself.

I'm the type of person, my mind is too strong; I think too hard.

If you want to break through, your mind should be able to control your body. Your mind should be a part of your fitness.

I'm very strong mentally. I have a lot of character. I never give in; I always have the drive to keep going and to work hard to achieve my goals.

The most important part for me is mentally. Physically, I know I'm going to put the work in. That's not even a question. But mentally you may have some days where it's tougher.

The mind is the most important thing of the big picture and no one has a stronger mindset than amateur wrestlers.

This is where you will win the battle - in the playhouse of your mind.

A real man's weapon is his mind.