Jesse Itzler Quotes

It's through sheer will that I can sing.

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!'

A lot of things I've done in my life have taken incredible mental fortitude.

Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

I am mentally strong.

When the body doesn't want to go on, the mind continues to fight.

We all survive more than we think we can.

I have the strength to endure it all.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.

You're taught that you can keep going in the military. Your point of collapse is not what you thought it was. Your body is built to survive, and when you think you're going to collapse, you still have so much more left in you.

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set.

The marathon can humble you.

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

The Finals are about a test of wills.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

Often the best guys are just those that can suffer longer, who don't give up. And it's so easy to give up, when you're on a mountain and it's really hurting. We go through a lot physically.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

My natural abilities weren't necessarily brute power and strength. They were more about the ability to endure and not give up.

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.'

Fighting, especially at this level, is about getting through adversity. You position yourself mentally to go out and take on obstacles that stand in your way. In the Octagon and in life, you face tough situations and have every chance to quit, but the more adversity you push through, the more likely you are to be successful.

Endurance training is so mental. You just do it. You just can, and you just will, and you just run that far because, you know, I get tired at the first mile. I feel heavy and all of those things, but now I have developed, it's hard to explain... It's a very satisfying place to get into.