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"Life is always moving.
Stand up and rise above the rest with passion in your arms and fire in your heart.
Dare to dream, dream high, dream ahead."
-Rohit Sapra
Former Member
Eminem - Lose Yourself
"Lose Yourself"
Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's choking, how everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that
Easy, no
He won't have it , he knows his whole back's to these ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stagnant that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo
This this whole rhapsody
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo
This has got to be the best motovational song I've ever heard, before every big event, be it swimming or not, it puts me in the right mood to compete.
I find eminem's song very unmoving.
You're just not willing to lose yourself, are you?
I'm not a huge fan of Mr. Mathers, but have to admit that song is pretty inspirational.
Hey Steve,
What moves you?
What gets your heart pumping?
What makes you feel unstoppable?
What helps you feel ready to race?
Please share,
Ande
Probably just me but with due respect, I find eminem's song very unmoving.
Great ones!
I guess there's different quotes & media to motivate us in different ways.
Some help us make the most of the moment.
Some help us stay focused.
Some help us over come adversity.
It all depends on the situation.
Like a college team who was badly losing a home game at half time.
The team sat in the locker room dejected expecting some sort of pep talk from the coach.
The coach poked his head through the door & said:
"Excuse Me, I thought this was the Notre Dame Locker Room"
(I can't remember what team it was or who the coach was.)
He closed the door & chained it shut.
The team had to break it down to get out and play the 2nd half.
They did and they won!
Please share inspiring tid bits here. Somethin that that moved you. Share your situations when you used it too.
Ande
"Whatever we do and measure improves"
and
"We become what we do"
Haven't tried listening to music while I swim yet, might give it a try sometime.
I have always liked Be The Change by MC Yogi or Dance Floor Metaphor By the Cruxshadows especially for the last 100m
Holy crap a Cruxshadows reference! Ill tell Rogue next time I talk to him...
BTW I like listening to the "The Citadel" as pre-race music...
"We shall save this victory
Without surrender or defeat"
My husband used to call me "Surf Dog" when we lived in San Diego and I surfed in my kayak. Now that I'm back to swimming and have joined Masters, he calls me "Aqua Dog". While I'm getting ready to head to the pool, all he has to do is hum the first six notes of "Aqualung", by Jethro Tull, and it fires me up! Although I don't care for the lyrics of the song AT ALL, the music is awesome, as is Ian Anderson. I just think of those first six notes and I'm ready to go! :bliss:
I like this one: "Pain is weakness leaving the body".
This morning there was a lot of weak stuff dissipating from this old body when I was swimming a 5x100 Fly all out sprint set on 5:00 interval.
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The more pain a Marine endures, the stronger he becomes.
If a Marine feels pain after working out, it means he had a good workout and physical weakness is leaving his body.
YouTube- Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body
