Strict Training Quotes

Dad couldn't train me. He was too high-strung, like, 'Throw your jab!' and I'd start crying.

Who enjoys practising handstands at seven in the morning? But that's how children were trained in the old days.

If you grow up with a wrestling coach, you learn differently. If you were late, everything was about push-ups and laps around the gym. I once said, 'Am I on a wrestling team or a damn track team?' That resulted in me running for the entire practice. It gives you a certain mentality.

We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in art and athletics, how can we expect to be advanced Christians and stay in kindergarten?

As I grew up, Dad was more involved in training than promoting. He brought the same style to his training that he did to being a father - strong and strict.

Whether fighting or spitting, my discipline is unforgiving!

Good conditioning helps you prepare your muscles, so I make sure I'm always strict with my conditioning.

If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.

My dad never forced me to do anything. But if I did it, if I decided to go play catch or basketball, he was hard on me. You had to do it the right way if you were going to do it. He never let me win.

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

I tell you, the arts - and especially ballet - the discipline is extraordinary. I was extremely impressed.