When I was sick, I didnt want to die. When I race, I dont want to lose. Dying and losing, it's the same thing.
When you think about it, what other choice is there but hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally:
give up or fight like hell.
- Lance Armstrong
You always want to test yourself against the best.
- Beckham
I'm not out there sweating for three hours a day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.
Jordan
I feel knackered all the time. I have no energy and I'm fighting the margins of being ill and not being ill. I go to dinners and fall asleep. I'm pushing the boundaries all the time, and trainingso hard it takes a toll on the body. If you feel fit and strong there is something wrong, you aren't training hard enough.
- redgrave
If you want to win something, run one hundred meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.
It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.
- zatopek