On your birthday thank your parents and celebrate with them. They are the reason you are here and it is their day too.
Take risks that could result in Greatness! Wayne Gretsky said, “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”
When it comes down to it, it really is the little things that count most.
We need more people like Bill Phillips in the world. People who live each day with a passion to help other people. The kind of person who will motivate you beyond what you thought was possible and the kind of person who will celebrate your success with you.
Keep records of your fitness progress throughout your training. Chart all of the food you eat, the exercises you complete, and even the amount of sleep you get each night. Refer back to your records to see where things went right or went wrong.
Learn to see the big picture. Often times we get tunnel vision and lose sight of the big picture and what we’re really trying to accomplish.
Celebrate each accomplishment on your way to reaching your goal. Each challenge conquered whether large or small is a positive step to greatness.
Potential counts for a lot; but heart, desire, and will can take a dream from potential to possible.
There is always someone out there working harder than you, and you may be standing next to him or her in your next competition.
In a time when many people are looking to cut calories, reduce food intake, cut food costs, and lower their bodyweight, bodybuilders are looking to pour it on.
When intention is supported by effort, success follows.
The questions to ask are what is moral, what is ethical, what is in line with your belief system, and what seems to make the most sense and cause the least amount of harm? Eat the foods that are in line with your sincere answers.
I believe that true success in bodybuilding nutrition comes from some variety in diet. It allows for more creativity, enables a bodybuilder to enjoy diversity, and causes less stress emotionally and mentally compared to a very basic diet for which a bodybuilder will lose enthusiasm for over time.
Mapping out your own future in the form of images, phrases, and inspirational words that you are able to see every day will help reinforce your desires to attain what you set out to achieve.
Let the gym be a sanctuary for you to be at peace. Let it calm you and ground you and allow you to appreciate everything around you. Let it also be a place for you to unload and explode with intensity through your training.
Every day look in the mirror and flex your muscles. Smile and enjoy the sight of a beautiful fit body. If you don’t like what you see, find a photo of how you want your body to look and paste it to the corner of your mirror. Be willing to work hard for what you have the potential to become.
Surround yourself with positive, energetic, successful people and learn from them.
Every year I want to experience something that makes me say, “this is the best day of my life.”
Laugh a lot. Laughter will make even the dreariest situations a whole lot more enjoyable.
Most of us have the tools we need, we’re just not sure how to use them.