1. “The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion.”
— Arnold Schwarzenegger, seven-time Mr. Olympia
2. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
3. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”
— Michael John Bobak, digital artist
4. “If you think lifting is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous.”
— Bret Contreras, sports scientist
5. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
— Vidal Sassoon, hairstylist and businessman
6. “The clock is ticking. Are you becoming the person you want to be?”
— Greg Plitt, fitness model
7. “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.”
— Henry Ford, industrialist
8. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
— Bruce Lee, actor and martial artist
9. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”
— Michael Jordan, basketball player
10. “Action is the foundational key to all success.”
— Pablo Picasso, visual artist
11. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
– Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
12. “Well done is better than well said.”
— Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father and inventor
13. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”
— Walt Disney, film producer and entrepreneur
14. “A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t.”
— Jack Dempsey, professional boxer
15. “What hurts today makes you stronger tomorrow.”
— Jay Cutler, pro bodybuilder and four-time Mr. Olympia
16. “If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied.”
— Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, actor and pro wrestler
17. “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.”
— Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States
18. “You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible.”
— Kai Greene, pro bodybuilder and artist
19. “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.”
— John Wooden, basketball player and coach
20. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
— Winston Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
