American athletes, especially distance runners, are at a big disadvantage against the rest of the world. We're expected to live by all the rules, like not being able to coach, but still train and make our own living. Read Summary
That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals. Read Summary
Confidence comes from discipline and training. Read Summary
Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example. Read Summary
Apart from the fact that any hardy exercise conduces much to the training and formation of a soldier, pig-sticking tends to give a man what is called a 'stalker's eye,' but which, par excellence, is the soldier's eye. Read Summary
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did. Read Summary
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.' Read Summary
I've never lifted a single weight in my life. Read Summary
I can't remember the last day I didn't train. Read Summary
I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground. Read Summary
I usually sleep four or five hours, but when you are training, you need more than that. Read Summary
I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard. Read Summary
I need eight weeks, train hard, last one week make weight, and go to the war. Because when I go to the war, I have to know I am ready or no. Read Summary
Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together. Read Summary
There has been evolution in many different areas - the way I read the game; the way I prepare the game; the way I train; the methodology... I feel better and better. But there is one point where I cannot change: when I face the media, I am never a hypocrite. Read Summary
I give a lot of instruction in training. It's difficult for me to do the same in matches, so I need guys on the pitch to read the game, to understand what we want. Read Summary
If you have to stand and fight, you train yourself so that you're able to do it. Read Summary
If it's stress of things that we cannot control, what you have to do is you mitigate that stress as much as possible. You've planned, you've trained, you've done everything you can in your power to mitigate the stress that's facing you. And then after that, there's nothing you can do. So, you have to let that one go. Read Summary
We all have limitations. I don't have the right genes to be an Olympic weightlifter. I don't have the right genetics to be an Olympic sprinter. Or gymnast. Sure, if I trained my whole life, perhaps I could have become fairly decent in those sports. Read Summary
For me, training is my meditation, my yoga, hiking, biking all rolled into one. Wake up early in the morning, generally around 4 o'clock, and I'll do my cardio on an empty stomach. Stretch, have a big breakfast, and then I'll go train. Read Summary