30 quotes you should have in your head when it's the hardest

At Watery, we've gathered 30 wild quotes that are sure to boost your motivation for all those tough metres in the water! In the list of quotes, you'll come across names like Muhammad Ali and Shaquille O'Neal, because why not learn from the very best?

1. “Whether you think you can or you can’t – you’re right.”

2. “Obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals” - Henry Ford

3. “To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.”

4. “Somewhere in the world, someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win”.

5. ”Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won”

6. “It is not about being fearless. It is about acting in spite of fear”.

7. ”You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take,” said the ice hockey legend Wayne Gretsky

8. “Do the thing that is hard to do, and the power will come”

9. ”Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.” - Shaquille O’Neal

10. “If you only do what you can do, you'll never be better than what you are.” - Master Shifu/Kung Fu Panda

11. ”If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize.”

12. “When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge.” - Terry Bradshaw

13. I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work – Thomas Edison

14. “Good is not good when better is expected.”

15. “Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” - Dan Gable

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16. “Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records.” - William A. Ward

17. “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” - Lance Armstrong

18. “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” - Michael Phelps

19. “If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough.” - Mario Andretti

20. “The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.” - Woodrow Wilson

21. “Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges.” - Amit Ray

22. “If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.” - Tom Hanks

23. “One day… I’m gonna make the onions cry.”

24. ”It is what you do in the dark, that puts you in the light” - Michael Phelps

25. “Whoever said 'it's not just about winning' probably said it after losing.” - Martina Navratilova

26. “Don't let what you can't do get in the way of what you can.” - JOHN WOODEN

27. “The winner blames themselves. The loser blames others.” - DON SHULA

28. ”To succeed, your desire for success must be greater than the fear of failure” - Bill Cosby

29. ”The pain you feel today is the strength you will feel tomorrow. Every challenge you face is an opportunity for growth”

29. ”If you're going through hell, keep going” - Winston Churchill

We round off the 30 quotes with an important reminder:

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”

Because it's not “just” about swimming or “swimming the fastest”. It's about what YOUR goal is and what YOU are willing to sacrifice to get there!

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