Top 200 Motivational Workout Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.”

— Fred DeVito

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Growth Quotes, Challenges Quotes

2. “Today is your day. To start fresh. To eat right. To train hard. To live healthy. To be proud.”

— Bonnie Pfiester

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Transformation Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Choices Quotes

3. “The secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Stay Strong Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Gym Motivation Quotes

4. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

5. “Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

6. “Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes

7. “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, Challenges Quotes

8. “It’s not about the number of hours you practice, it’s about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Effort Quotes, Performance Quotes, Practice Quotes

9. “At the end of the day you gotta feel some way. So why not feel unbeatable? Why not feel untouchable.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Personality Quotes, Hard Hitting Quotes

10. “The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.”

— Hal Higdon

Also featured in: Feel Good Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes, Running Quotes

11. “If I can see it and believe it, then I can achieve it.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Winning Quotes

12. “Going that one more round when you don’t think you can – that’s what makes all the difference in your life.”

— Sylvester Stallone

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

13. “You can always do more than you think you can.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Effort Quotes

14. “Just because you have failed, that doesn’t make you a failure. And just because you have lost, that doesn’t make you a loser.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes

15. “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: Fitness Quotes, Health Quotes, Workout Quotes, Exercise Quotes

16. “I’ve never been afraid to fail.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Athlete Quotes

17. “There's no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession. Talent does not exist, we are all equal as human beings. You could be anyone if you put in the time. You will reach the top, and that is that. I am not talented, I am obsessed.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Attitude Quotes

18. “Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes

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

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

20. “Train insane or remain the same.”

— Jillian Michaels

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Transformation Quotes, Fitness Quotes, Progress Quotes

21. “Don’t let fatigue make a coward out of you.”

— Steve Prefontaine

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Effort Quotes, Running Quotes

22. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Startup Quotes, Success Quotes

23. “Rome wasn’t built in a day. And neither was your body.”

— Tony Horton

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Work Hard Quotes

24. “If something stands between you and your success – move it. Never be denied.”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Impact Quotes, Hustle Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Victory Quotes

25. “I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.”

— Michael Phelps

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

26. “So change your mindset. Change how you see pain. I want you to welcome it!”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Mental Strength Quotes, Resilience Quotes

27. “So don’t be average. Don’t be good. Don’t be great. Be phenomenal. Or be forgotten.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Hustle Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Men, Legacy Quotes

28. “Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

29. “To be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what you are, for what you will become.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Change Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

30. “Bet on yourself! You never lose if you bet on yourself!”

— Greg Plitt

Also featured in: Self-Worth Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Victory Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

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

— Ray Lewis

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Athlete Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Fitness Quotes

32. “In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up.”

— Rich Froning Jr.

Also featured in: Competition Quotes, Workout Quotes

33. “We all have great inner power. The power is self-faith. There’s really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. You have to want to conquer.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes

34. “If you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to make it happen.”

— Cassey Ho

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Desire Quotes

35. “Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Fitness Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Workout Quotes

36. “The Kettlebell is an Ancient Russian Weapon Against Weakness.”

— Pavel Tsatsouline

Also featured in: Being Strong Quotes

37. “No one ever drowned in sweat.”

— United States Marine Corps

Also featured in: Service Quotes, Hustle Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Men, Military Quotes

38. “Those times when you get up early and you work hard; those times when you stay up late and you work hard; those times when you don’t feel like working, you’re too tired, you don’t want to push yourself, but you do it anyway; that is actually the dream. That’s the dream. It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes, Passion Quotes

39. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Success Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

40. “Impossible is nothing.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Action Quotes

41. “If you put in the work, put in the time, put in the effort, you’re going to reap the benefits.”

— Richard Sherman

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Quotes About Work, Consistency Quotes, Football Quotes

42. “You are stopping you. You are giving up instead of getting hard.”

— David Goggins

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Warrior Quotes, Quitting Quotes

43. “I am willing.” “I am wired to win.” “I got this.” “I embrace the uncertainty.” “I am not my thoughts; I am what I do.” “I am relentless.” “I expect nothing and accept everything.”

— Gary John Bishop

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Personality Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Boldness Quotes

44. “The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Obstacles Quotes, Resistance Quotes

45. “I’m addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Fitness Quotes, Gym Motivation Quotes, Workout Quotes

46. “Strive for progress, not perfection.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes, Learning Quotes

47. “The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.”

— Mia Hamm

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Women, Grit Quotes, Soccer Quotes

48. “We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse.”

— David Goggins

49. “When you feel like quitting think about why you started.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Short Deep Quotes

50. “I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Startup Quotes, Focus Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes