Bonnie Blair Quotes

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

I always try to remind myself, when it's tough, when your body's sore and you're hurting, I try to sit back and tell myself, 'Would you rather be doing anything else in the world at this moment?'

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

'Give up... it's time to quit,' I don't think I've ever really accepted those kinds of words in my life or vocabulary.

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

My message has always been about resilience.

When you're at your absolute, most exhausted... That's when you have to be at the top of your game.

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory think, 'I'm back.' I don't think like that. I'll definitely work hard. Things are not going to be easy. I might lose first round next week. You never know.

I still take losing out very seriously. But it inspires me that much more to move on. Quite often in my business, it's not the most talented people that succeed. Because they don't necessarily have the tenacity to deal with rejection.

You've got keep your head up, keep fighting, and do the best you can.

If you want to be the best, you can't take the path of least resistance. Every morning, you wake up, and your mind tells you it's too early, and your body tells you you're a little too sore, but you've got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what you're striving for.

I believe that my greatest strength is a deep-rooted, unshakeable trust to never let myself give up.

I think if you're not strong, in life or in football, not every day is going to be going up and seeing the sunshine.

You have your best workouts when you go in thinking you don't want to do it, because you're so satisfied with your own determination and grit.

When I need motivation, I just think I can do everything if I maintain a strong sense of will.

In adversity, you have to find motivation to continue and do well.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be.

Whatever my situation, I'm a strong disciplinarian; I can do what I hate to do but do it like I love it.

There is something that can happen to every athlete and every human being; the instinct to slack off, to give in to pain, to give less than your best; the instinct to hope you can win through luck or through your opponent not doing his best, instead of going to the limit and past your limit where victory is always found. Defeating those negative instincts that are out to defeat us, is the difference between winning and losing - and we all face that battle every day.

You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.

It's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. Never give up and never give in.

I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn.

The one thing you've gotta do is that you need to always do the best you can do, no matter what the given situation, no matter what comes up against you. You do the best you can do, and you never give up. Never quit.