100 Gym Quotes To Motivate Your Fitness Journey

Working out can be a great way to stay healthy and fit, but sometimes it’s hard to find the motivation or inspiration. That’s why were are extremely excited to bring you 100 of the best quotes said by famous athletes and everyday enthusiasts!

From inspiring words to make each workout count, to motivating sayings that will help you get through the tough days – this collection has it all.

So grab those dumbbells, roll out your yoga mat, and lace up your running shoes – whatever your fitness adventure requires – these quotes will provide the perfect inspiration for your journey!

100 Gym Quotes To Motivate Your Fitness Journey

1. The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. – Tommy Lasorda
2. Passion first and everything will fall into place. – Holly Holm
3. Look in the mirror. That’s your competition. – John Assaraf
4. Tough times don’t last. Tough people do. – Robert H. Schuller
5. Some people say I have attitude – maybe I do…but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.  – Venus Williams
6. Winners never quit and quitters never win. – Vince Lombardi
7. Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. – Henry David Thoreau
8. Put all excuses aside and remember this: You are capable. – Zig Ziglar
9. Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home. – Michael Phelps
10. The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. – Swati Sharma
11. You get out what you put in. If you want more, give more. – Jeanette Jenkins
12. If you think lifting is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous. – Bret Contreras
13. The muscle and the mind must become one. One without the other is zero. – Lee Haney
14. The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. – William Temple
15. The groundwork for all happiness is good health. – Leigh Hunt
16. Your mind is the strongest and most valuable muscle you can grow in the gym. – Greg Plitt
17. The human body is the best picture of the human soul. – Ludwig Wittgenstein
18. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vidal Sassoon
19. The key to success is often the ability to adapt. – Anthony Brandt
20. Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right. – Henry Ford
21. Success is what comes after your stop making excuses. – Luis Galarza
22. Look in the mirror. That’s your competition. – John Assaraf
23. Rather the pain of discipline, than the pain of regret. – Bob Andrews
24. The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. – Bruce Lee
25. A year from now you may wish you had started today. – Karen Lamb
26. Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. – Jim Rohn
27. The clock is ticking. Are you becoming the person you want to be? – Greg Plitt
28. I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’ – Muhammad Ali
29. You must expect great things from yourself before you can do them. – Michael Jordan
30. It is a shame for a woman to grow old without ever seeing the strength and beauty of which her body is capable. – Socrates
31. If you can’t outplay them, outwork them. – Ben Hogan
32. The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow. – Arnold Schwarzenegger
33. You must expect great things from yourself before you can do them. – Michael Jordan
34. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable! – Jillian Michaels
35. Nothing comes easy, but as long as you’re breathing, you’re always one breath away from making your dreams a reality. Make every breath count. – Kai Greene
36. The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. – William Temple
37. All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney
38. A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t. – Jack Dempsey
39. Even if you fall on your face, you still move forward. – Victor Kiam
40. Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. – Ovid
41. You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky
42. A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t. – Jack Dempsey
43. The successful warrior is the average man, with a laser-like focus. – Bruce Lee
44. You have to push past your perceived limits, push past that point you thought was as far as you can go. – Drew Brees
45. Feed your fitness. Starve your mediocrity. – Krystal Breakley
46. If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied.
47. Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen. – Michael Jordan
48. Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. – Vince Lombardi Jr.
49. If you’re afraid of failure, you don’t deserve success. – Nastia Liukin
50. ‘Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.’ – John Wooden
51. Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure. – Sylvester Stallone
52. Most people give up right before the big break comes – don’t let that person be you. – Michael Boyle
53. A gym is a sacred place that makes your life feel worth existing by putting the effort of care into the home of your soul-called body! – Munia Khan
54. A failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you’re not innovating enough. – Elon Musk
55. Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill
56. Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness. – Susan Gale
57. When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel. – Eloise Ristad
58. The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. – Elbert Hubbard.
59. Those who think they have not timed for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. – Edward Stanley
60. The real workout starts when you want to stop. – Ronnie Coleman
61. Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states. – Carol Welch
62. The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
63. Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso
64. All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. – Michal Joan Bobak
65. Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen. – Michael Jordan
66. Exercise should be regarded as a tribute to the heart. – Gene Tunney
67. Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. – Vince Lombardi Jr
68. Exercise is labor without weariness. –Samuel Johnson
69. That’s the object of going to a gym, and having fun. – Joe Gold
70. Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. – Denis Waitley
71. All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. – Unknown
72. A year from now you may wish you had started today. – Karen Lamb
73. Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right. – Henry Ford
74. I fear not the man who has practiced 10000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10000 times. – Bruce Lee
75. Health is worth more than learning. – Thomas Jefferson
76. The difference between try and triumph is a little ‘umph.’ – Marvin Phillips
77. A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t. – Jack Dempsey
78. Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you. – John Wooden
79. For me, exercise is more than just physical – it’s therapeutic. – Michelle Obama
80. When I feel tired, I just think about how great I will feel once I finally reach my goal. – Michael Phelps
81. If you think lifting weights is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous. – Bret Contreras
82. Once you are exercising regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it. – Erin Gray
83. Well done is better than well said. -Benjamin Franklin
84. It is exercise alone that supports the spirits and keeps the mind in vigor. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
85. The last three or four reps are what make the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion. – Arnold Schwarzenegger
86. Just because your muscles start to protest, doesn’t mean you have to listen. – Dianne Holum
87. Your current body is the only body that can take you to your new body so be kind to it. – Elaine Moran
88. The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard. – Mark Rippetoe
89. Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso
90. Most people fail, not because of a lack of desire, but, because of a lack of commitment. – Vince Lombardi
91. You never walk out of the gym and say, ‘I shouldn’t have gone.’ – Taylor Kitsch
92. Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. – Henry David Thoreau
93. If you’re capable of sending a legible text message between sets, you probably aren’t working hard enough. – Dave T
94. That’s the object of going to a gym, and having fun. – Joe Gold
95. Exercise keeps me occupied, which is good for my mental health. – Gail Porter
96. Exercise is labor without weariness. – Samuel Johnson
97. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable! – Jillian Michaels
98. All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. – Michal Joan Bobak
99. What hurts today makes you stronger tomorrow. – Jay Cutler
100. You have to think about it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible. – Kai Greene

After reading through these 100 quotes about the gym, we can come to the conclusion that exercise is something to be embraced. It not only has numerous physical benefits, like improved strength and stamina but also can benefit us mentally as well.

From learning discipline and focusing on our goals, to setting short-term successes that lead to larger accomplishments – it’s no wonder why so many people have a passion for the time spent in the gym!

Working out should certainly be celebrated more often, and though our mood might not always be up for it, successes make it all worth it in the end.

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