I love quotes and I thought it'd be cool if everyone posted their favorites whether or not they are related to swimming, motivational, inspirational, funny, etc.
"It is better to have swum and lost that it is to have ever been a cheerleader."
"The view from the summit is worth the effort."
"Success is found in our daily routine."
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body but rather to skid in sideways totally worn out shouting, "Holy Sh*T what a ride!"
There are many others I will post when my eyes are more than 1/2 open...
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Yeah, those aren't good things to hear from a coach at the beginning of a practice... also heard at the beginning or practice...
"We're going to step it up to the next level."
Heard after two insanely hard sets where we all thought our arms and legs were gonna fall off ... "That was phase one."
"How many phases are there?" "Four." "Great."
And similarly after you've swum a couple hard sets, "well, now that you are warmed-up"
Or a coach handed this saying to me once before practice. "When I'm tired and my workout is done, I envision my opponent doing one more, so I do one more. Then I envision my opponent similing packing her bag and going home. Then I do one more."
Another quote I actually love is from a league of their own when Gena Davis' charactor is leaving at the end and Tom Hanks asks her why and she says, "It just got too hard." and Tom Hanks replies, "It's suppose to be hard. If it wasn't hard everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great."
Yeah, those aren't good things to hear from a coach at the beginning of a practice... also heard at the beginning or practice...
"We're going to step it up to the next level."
Heard after two insanely hard sets where we all thought our arms and legs were gonna fall off ... "That was phase one."
"How many phases are there?" "Four." "Great."
And similarly after you've swum a couple hard sets, "well, now that you are warmed-up"
Or a coach handed this saying to me once before practice. "When I'm tired and my workout is done, I envision my opponent doing one more, so I do one more. Then I envision my opponent similing packing her bag and going home. Then I do one more."
Another quote I actually love is from a league of their own when Gena Davis' charactor is leaving at the end and Tom Hanks asks her why and she says, "It just got too hard." and Tom Hanks replies, "It's suppose to be hard. If it wasn't hard everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great."
