Max Aaron Quotes

Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.

From the vertigo, I found out how far I can push myself physically and also mentally.

I've done all my bike circuit cardio workouts when I know I gotta push my numbers higher and I gotta be better than I was before. It sucks. Your body doesn't want to do it, but I've done that. I know I have that in me.

I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.

I want to see how far I can train. I have to see how far my body will go.

I'm excited by challenging myself physically and mentally every day.

Any time you're banged up, your body hurts, you don't really feel like going to the gym. That's when I feel like you really have to push through it. That's when you really make the leaps and bounds in your game. So, pushing through those days is never easy, but that's what gets you good.

I had to play the cards that I was dealt to get better mentally, physically, and push myself to limits that I didn't think I was capable of.

You can accomplish anything that you dedicate yourself to. Think how many people struggle across the world, across the country. I know anything is possible if you set your mind, your body, your soul, and your faith to it.

I'm in this sport to test myself. I want to see how far I can take this thing.

Big mountains are a completely different world: snow, ice, rocks, sky, and thin air. You cannot conquer them, only rise to their height for a short time; and for that they demand a great deal. The struggle is not with the enemy, or a competitor like in sports, but with yourself, with the feelings of weakness and inadequacy. That struggle appeals to me. It is why I became a mountaineer.

I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing and seeing how far I can go.

I need to learn how to face challenges.

Set high standards and few limitations for yourself.

The whole reason I did a bodybuilding show was to see how far I could push my own discipline. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. When I made the switch to acting, I was able to break that down into small, measurable goals like I did with bodybuilding.

You always have to challenge yourself or else you get soft. Right?

My dad always taught me if I have my education, anything is possible.

And to learn, you have to be willing to push yourself.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.

Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.

I grew up a clumsy kid with bad hand-eye coordination. Yet here on El Cap, I felt as though I had stumbled into a world where I thrived. Being up on those steep walls demanded the right amount of climbing skill, pain tolerance, and sheer bull-headedness that came naturally to me.

Never assume you can't do something. Push yourself to redefine the boundaries.

Why go through life if you're not going to challenge yourself?

I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

The will to challenge myself is strong, but I think that's growing, the desire to stretch myself and make it hard.