Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. ››The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent. ››What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know. ››The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens. ››Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter. ››
