Top 70 Gym Motivation Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “At the end of the day, your health is your responsibility.”

— Jillian Michaels

52. “Obstacles don’t have to stop you.”

— Michael Jordan

53. “Be strong to be useful.”

— Georges Hebert

54. “Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.”

— Bill Russell

55. “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?”

— Joe Namath

56. “Motivation is like bathing. You’ve got to do it every single day.”

— Zig Ziglar

57. “Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.”

— John Wooden

58. “There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?”

— Michael Jordan

59. “Discipline is doing what you don’t wanna do so you can do what you really want to do.”

— Jeff Fisher

60. “If I have an agenda or a goal, no one is going to deter me from what I want to do.”

— Michael Jordan

61. “Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”

— Matt Biondi

62. “Whatever it takes for you to believe that you’re better than good enough to achieve your dreams is what you must do. And remember, your greatness is not tied to any outcome. It is found in the valiance of the attempt.”

— David Goggins

63. “Being Negative and Lazy is a disease that leads to pain, hardship, depression, poor health and failure. Be pro active, and give a damn to achieve success!”

— Phil Heath

64. “Strong motivation is the most important factor in getting you to the top.”

— Edmund Hillary

65. “You must believe in yourself enough to be the person now that others will remember you for later.”

— Greg Plitt

66. “There is only one person with whom to compete and that is yourself. Keep aiming to surpass your own best performance and ever strive to reach higher levels.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

67. “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.”

— Don Zimmer

68. “To be the best and stay there, sweat is necessary.”

— Ray Lewis

69. “What doesn’t kill me, can only make me stronger.”

— Kanye West

70. “Winners are not born, they are self-made.”

— Pat Summitt

71. “If you don’t want it badly enough to risk losing it, you don’t want it badly enough.”

— Tom Krause

72. “I wanted to be a world champion.”

— Manny Pacquiao

73. “If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.”

— Pat Riley

74. “Sometimes I don’t feel good, but when you get in the ring, you can’t say “oh, I feel bad, can we stop?””

— Manny Pacquiao

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

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

76. “Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you’re going to perform, you’ve already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.”

— Usain Bolt

77. “Don’t waste time on excuses. Just get it done.”

— Ralph Marston

78. “Motivation is like taking a bath; if you stop doing it, you begin to stink!”

— Zig Ziglar