Top 200 Fitness Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”

— Dean Karnazes

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Effort Quotes, Commitment Quotes

2. “Hard work and training. There’s no secret formula.”

— Ronnie Coleman

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Men, Encouraging Quotes

3. “Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.”

— Jack LaLanne

Also featured in: Wellness Wednesday Quotes, Weight Loss Motivation Quotes

4. “Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done.”

— David Goggins

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes, Willpower Quotes

5. “Fitness is a journey, not a destination; you must continue for the rest of your life.”

— Kenneth H. Cooper

Also featured in: Wellness Wednesday Quotes, Stay Strong Quotes, Consistency Quotes

6. “If you can mentally see the end of the journey, then your body will physically find a way to achieve that goal.”

— Greg Plitt

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Goal Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes, Mind Quotes

7. “Train insane or remain the same.”

— Jillian Michaels

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Transformation Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Progress Quotes

8. “I’ve learned over the years that when it comes to success, consistency is key. Consistent hard work that we may not like doing today, but for a payoff we’ll love tomorrow. Earn it. Enjoy it.”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Performance Quotes

9. “If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.”

— Michael Phelps

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Excellence Quotes, Performance Quotes, Greatness Quotes

10. “From the bodybuilding days on, I learned that everything is reps and mileage. The more miles you ski, the better a skier you become; the more reps you do, the better your body. I'm a big believer in hard work, grinding it out, and not stopping until it's done, so the challenge appealed to me.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Dedication Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

11. “I didn't want to just be a body building champion. I wanted to be the best body builder of all time. ”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Athlete Quotes, Ambition Quotes

12. “You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Stay Strong Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Competition Quotes

13. “All I ask is that you do your best, and forget the rest.”

— Tony Horton

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes, Happy Monday Quotes, Friday Morning Quotes

14. “Contrology is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit.”

— Joseph Pilates

Also featured in: Wellness Wednesday Quotes

15. “Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.”

— Hal Higdon

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Willpower Quotes, You Got This Quotes

16. “It hurts, but that’s all it does. The most difficult part of the training is training your mind. You build calluses on your feet to endure the road. You build calluses on your mind to endure the pain. There’s only one way to do that. You have to get out there and run.”

— David Goggins

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Challenges Quotes

17. “It’s a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day.”

— David Goggins

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Hard Hitting Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes

18. “There is no substitute for hard work. Always be humble and hungry.”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Athlete Quotes, Career Development Quotes

19. “If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon. If you want to talk to God, run an ultra.”

— Dean Karnazes

20. “Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be.”

— Brett Hoebel

Also featured in: Motivational Bodybuilding Quotes, Weight Loss Motivation Quotes

21. “Dead Last Finish is greater than Did Not Finish, which trumps Did Not Start.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Goal Quotes, Silly Quotes

22. “Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.”

— Joseph Pilates

Also featured in: Positive Short Quotes, Gym Motivation Quotes

23. “The best way to improve mental performance is to improve physical performance.”

— Tim Ferriss

24. “I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Excellence Quotes, Winning Quotes, Greatness Quotes, Determination Quotes

25. “You get out what you put in. If you want more, give more.”

— Jeanette Jenkins

Also featured in: Choices Quotes, Ambition Quotes, Quotes About Work, Generosity Quotes

26. “Opportunities Don’t Come Knocking On The Door. They Present Themselves When You Knock The Door Down!”

— Greg Plitt

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Determination Quotes

27. “In 10 sessions you’ll feel the difference, in 20 you’ll see the difference, and in 30 you’ll have a new body.”

— Joseph Pilates

Also featured in: Motivational Workout Quotes, Health Quotes, Workout Quotes, Exercise Quotes

28. “Don’t cry to quit. Cry to keep going!”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Encouragement Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

29. “The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Intention Quotes, Victory Quotes, Vision Quotes

30. “At the end of pain is SUCCESS!”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Hustle Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

31. “To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Practice Quotes

32. “You can’t read about push ups. You gotta do them.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Quotes About Trying

33. “Train hard, fight easy.”

— Alexander Suvorov

Also featured in: Preparation Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Victory Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

34. “Don’t make training easy. Make it harder so that you will get better.”

— Manny Pacquiao

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Practice Quotes, Competition Quotes

35. “Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day.”

— Ray Lewis

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Greatness Quotes

36. “Hard work pays off – hard work beats talent any day, but if you’re talented and work hard, it’s hard to be beat.”

— Robert Griffin III

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Greatness Quotes, Sports Quotes, Quotes About Skills

37. “The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Work Ethic Quotes, Grit Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

38. “Nobody’s as serious about health and fitness as me, and staying fit is my top priority.”

— Ray Lewis

Also featured in: Wellness Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Health Quotes

39. “You can’t hire someone else to do your push-ups for you.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Practice Quotes

40. “I don’t think limits.”

— Usain Bolt

Also featured in: Impossible Quotes, Greatness Quotes, Running Quotes

41. “Every day of my life, I’m trying to find a different way to get better.”

— Ray Lewis

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Practice Quotes, Football Quotes

42. “You are only as young as your spine is flexible.”

— Joseph Pilates

43. “Success doesn’t know these things about cold or early or tired. It just knows if you showed up or not.”

— Greg Plitt

Also featured in: Excellence Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Struggle Quotes, Ambition Quotes

44. “A runner doesn’t just show up and win a race. He trains long and hard. Do you just show up every day and hope to win?”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Career Development Quotes, Practice Quotes

45. “If you don’t think you were born to run you’re not only denying history. You’re denying who you are.”

— Christopher McDougall

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Running Quotes

46. “If you don’t make time for exercise, you’ll probably have to make time for illness.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes

47. “Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly.”

— Amby Burfoot

Also featured in: Patience Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes, Health Quotes

48. “There are no shortcuts – everything is reps, reps, reps.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Hard Work Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

49. “Don’t run with your legs, run with your heart.”

— Dean Karnazes

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Monday Motivation Quotes, Running Quotes, Quotes About Heart

50. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.””

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Success Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Perseverance Quotes