Born to bleed, Fighting to succeed, Built to endure what this world throws at me
—from the song “In The Ashes They Shall Reap” by Hatebreed
The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!
—Rocky from the movie “Rocky Balboa”
Repeat it a thousand times, ten thousand times, then your body will be able to react spontaneously.
—Yoshiaki Matsumura from the movie “High Kick Girl!”
Competition. It’s in our blood, hardwired into the DNA. But what if your competition is yourself? Now the enemy knows all your strengths, all your weaknesses. He can turn doubt into fear. He’s in your head. The only way to get him out, to shut him up, is to go to a place where even he won’t follow.
—from “X Games: The Movie”
“No arms, no legs, no excuses” via www.crossfit.com
Learn from the past, to control the present, to shape the future.
—me, Andrew
Just remember what ol’ Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol’ storm right square in the eye and he says, “Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it.
—Jack Burton from the movie “Big Trouble in Little China”
Life will pay whatever you ask of it.
—Anthony Robbins (via benjobenjo)
I will tell you how I got started: not by dreaming or wishing about it, but by working for it. That’s how I got started.
—Estee Lauder, January 1983 (via maisonmode)
(Source: maisonmode)
You want to see me fail, You won’t get your chance
—from the song “Proven” by Hatebreed
