150 Best Tuesday Gym Quotes for Workout Motivation

150 Tuesday Gym Quotes

Happy Tuesday!

Struggling to stick to your workout routine or fitness goals? Don’t give up on your fitness journey. Great things are on the other side of consistency.

I always have the best day in the gym when I get a fresh start. I start my morning with a hot cup of coffee and a light-protein-packed breakfast. Then, I read a few of my favorite motivational quotes to bring out the best version of myself. I love to read and have been keeping a running list of my favorite inspirational quotes for years.

Unlike most quote posts on social media, I like to pick out several of my favorite quotes from one person. I find this is better than a single good workout quote. It helps me understand the author’s mindset. You’ll notice some usual suspects in my motivational fitness quotes series. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jordan, and David Goggins show up a lot. So does Kobe, Walt Disney, and Wayne Gretzky.

I include a lot of athletes because it’s a group of people who understand the importance of gym motivation. But there are plenty of powerful words from former presidents, philosophers, poets, and coaches below.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

“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.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

“There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

“What I’m doing is the thing I want to do. I don’t care what other people think. If the rest disagrees and says I shouldn’t waste my time, I still will be a bodybuilder. I love it. I love the feeling in my muscles, I love the competition, and I love the things it gives me. I have never really had to work in my whole life. I’ve never had an eight to six job. I’ve always made good money. I’ve traveled all over the world competing and giving exhibitions. I‘ve made a profession out of a pastime, which perhaps only five percent of the population can do.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

“The only way to be a champion is by going through these forced reps and the torture and pain. That’s way I call it the torture routine. Because it’s like forced torture. Torturing my body. What helps me is to think of this pain as pleasure. Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure. And so when I am experiencing pain I’m in heaven. It’s great. People suggest this is masochistic. But they’re wrong. I like pain for a particular reason. I don’t like needle’s stuck in my arm. But I do like the pain that is necessary to be a champion.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

Michael Jordan

“To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate.” – Michael Jordan

“Don’t let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.” – Michael Jordan

“Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.” – Michael Jordan

“Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.” – Michael Jordan

“Champions do not become champions when they win an event, but in the hours, weeks, and months, and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely a demonstration of their championship character.” – Michael Jordan

Muhammad Ali

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” – Muhammad Ali

“I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.” – Muhammad Ali

“You don’t have to be in a boxing ring to be a great fighter. As long as you are true to yourself, you will succeed in your fight for that in which you believe.” – Muhammad Ali

“We can’t be brave without fear.” – Muhammad Ali

“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” – Muhammad Ali

Vince Lombardi

“Once you have established the goals you want and the price you’re willing to pay, you can ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure and the temporary failures.” – Vince Lombardi

“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle — victorious.” – Vince Lombardi

“The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.” – Vince Lombardi

“Winning isn’t everything – It’s the only thing.” – Vince Lombardi

“Inches make champions.” – Vince Lombardi

Thomas Jefferson

“When we see ourselves in a situation which must be endured and gone through, it is best to make up our minds to it, meet it with firmness, and accommodate everything to it in the best way practicable. This lessens the evil; while fretting and fuming only serves to increase your own torments.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Without perseverance, talent is a barren bed.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.” – Thomas Jefferson

“My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave consequences to him who has the disposal of them.” – Thomas Jefferson

“How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened!” – Thomas Jefferson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A man is what he thinks about all day long.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry David Thoreau

“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.” Henry David Thoreau

“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” – Henry David Thoreau

Mahatma Gandhi

“The future depends on what we do in the present.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world, but to change ourselves.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Strength does not come from winning. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Full effort is full victory.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Jillian Michaels

“It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.” – Jillian Michaels

“Fitness isn’t about a crunch or a push-up; it’s about taking your power back.” – Jillian Michaels

“A bad day for your ego is a great day for your soul.” – Jillian Michaels

“Nobody is perfect, so get over the fear of being or doing everything perfectly. Besides, perfect is boring.” – Jillian Michaels

“Whenever you’re making an important decision, first ask if it gets you closer to your goals or farther away.” – Jillian Michaels

Thomas Edison

“Never get discouraged if you fail. Learn from it. Keep trying.” – Thomas Edison

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.” – Thomas Edison

“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” – Thomas Edison

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.” – Thomas Edison

“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment, and to either of these ends, there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.” – Thomas Edison

Henry Ford

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.” – Henry Ford

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” – Henry Ford

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” – Henry Ford

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.'” – Henry Ford

Michael Phelps

“You’re tired; you feel you can’t move; you’re truly hurting. That’s when he would throw down especially hard sets.” – Michael Phelps

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

“In some sports, you can just get by on a lot of natural talent. In swimming, it helps to be long and lean, but you can’t be good at it without putting in the work. There is a direct connection between what you put into it and what you get out of it.” – Michael Phelps

“If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.” – Michael Phelps

“I think goals should never be easy; they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.” – Michael Phelps

Benjamin Franklin

“There are no gains without pains.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin

Dwayne Johnson

“With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains.” – Dwayne Johnson

“Failure’s not an option. It’s just a step.” – Dwayne Johnson

“When you walk up to opportunity’s door, don’t knock it… Kick that b*tch in, smile and introduce yourself.” – Dwayne Johnson

“When your back is up against the wall, there’s only one way to go.” – Dwayne Johnson

“If something stands between you and your success – move it. Never be denied.” – Dwayne Johnson

Paulo Coelho

“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” – Paulo Coelho

“And, when you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.” – Paulo Coelho

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – Paulo Coelho

Life has a way of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.” – Paulo Coelho

“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho

J.R.R. Tolkien

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

“Courage is found in unlikely places.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

“It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

“You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

Theodore Roosevelt

“To sit home, read one’s favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“A soft, easy life is not worth living, if it impairs the fibre of brain and heart and muscle. We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage… For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“I don’t pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Unless a man is master of his soul, all other kinds of mastery amount to little.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism, to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

“A selfish victory is always destined to be an ultimate defeat.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

James Garfield

“It is a brave man… who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.” – James Garfield

“If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our heart. The spirit should not grow old.” – James Garfield

“Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself,— that you have more power than you are now using. If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.” – James Garfield

“I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.” – James Garfield

“A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.” – James Garfield

Magic Johnson

“In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.” – Magic Johnson

“I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams.” – Magic Johnson

“Talent is never enough. With few exceptions, the best players are the hardest workers.” – Magic Johnson

“You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.” – Magic Johnson

“It’s a lot of energy that goes into winning a championship… I’m not settling for anything less than winning.” – Magic Johnson

Angela Duckworth

“Without effort, your talent is nothing more than your unmet potential.” – Angela Duckworth

“Grit is about holding the same top-level goal for a very long time.” – Angela Duckworth

“Talent x effort = skill. Skill x effort = achievement.” – Angela Duckworth

“The most successful people are not the ones who never fail, but the ones who learn from their failures.” – Angela Duckworth

“To be gritty is to keep working when others would have given up.” – Angela Duckworth

Carol Dweck

“Believing that your qualities are carved in stone — the fixed mindset — creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over.” – Carol Dweck

“Even in the growth mindset, failure can be a painful experience. But it doesn’t define you. It’s a problem to be faced, dealt with, and learned from.” – Carol Dweck

“Many growth-minded people didn’t even plan to go to the top. They got there as a result of doing what they love. It’s ironic: The top is where the fixed-mindset people hunger to be, but it’s where many growth-minded people arrive as a by-product of their enthusiasm for what they do.” – Carol Dweck

“No matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.” – Carol Dweck

“The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.” – Carol Dweck

Cal Newport

“If you don’t produce, you won’t thrive—no matter how skilled or talented you are.” – Cal Newport

“Your will, in other words, is not a manifestation of your character that you can deploy without limit; it’s instead like a muscle that tires.” – Cal Newport

“Human beings, it seems, are at their best when immersed deeply in something challenging.” – Cal Newport

“When you work, work hard. When you’re done, be done.” – Cal Newport

“Put aside the question of whether your job is your true passion, and instead turn your focus toward becoming so good they can’t ignore you. That is, regardless of what you do for a living, approach your work like a true performer.” – Cal Newport

David Goggins

“Denial is the ultimate comfort zone.” – David Goggins

“Never let people who choose the path of least resistance steer you away from your chosen path of most resistance.” – David Goggins

“There is no better way to grow as a person than to do everyday something you hate.” – David Goggins

“Nobody cares what you did yesterday. What have you done today to better yourself?” – David Goggins

“Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it’s what you do at that moment that determines who you are.” – David Goggins

Jocko Willink

“You already know what the right thing to do is. You just gotta do it.” – Jocko Willink

“The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win—you pass the test. If you are mentally weak for that moment and you let that weakness keep you in bed, you fail. Though it seems small, that weakness translates to more significant decisions. But if you exercise discipline, that too translates to more substantial elements of your life.” – Jocko Willink

“Leaders should never be satisfied. They must always strive to improve, and they must build that mind-set into the team. They must face the facts through a realistic, brutally honest assessment of themselves and their team’s performance.” – Jocko Willink

“Good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to get it done.” – Jocko Willink

“I know that somewhere out there, another man is also preparing. That man is the enemy.” – Jocko Willink

John Wooden

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” – John Wooden

“You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes.” – John Wooden

“Passion is momentary; love is enduring.” – John Wooden

“Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That’s in your power.” – John Wooden

“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” – John Wooden

Mark Rippetoe

“The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard.” – Mark Rippetoe

“A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to some people who would like the intellectual or spiritual to take precedence. It is instructive to see what happens to these very people as their squat strength goes up.” – Mark Rippetoe

“If a program of physical activity isn’t designed to get you stronger or faster or better conditioned by producing a specific stress to which a specific desirable adaptation can occur, you don’t get to call it training. It’s just exercise.” – Mark Rippetoe

“The full squat is a perfectly natural position for the leg to occupy. That’s why there is a joint in the middle of it, and why humans have been occupying this position, both unloaded and loaded, for millions of years. Much longer, in fact, than quasi-intellect ual morons have been telling us that it’s ‘bad’ for the knees.” – Mark Rippetoe

“There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning than the correctly performed full squat.” – Mark Rippetoe

Henry Rollins

“The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you’re a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds.” – Henry Rollins

“Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.” – Henry Rollins

“Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.” – Henry Rollins

“I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.” – Henry Rollins

“If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.” – Henry Rollins

Louie Simmons

“A lifter must raise his mental and emotional limits, or he won’t raise his weights.”

“Don’t have $100 dollar shoes and a 10-cent squat.” – Louie Simmons

“A weak man has a weak back, and a strong man has a strong back. It’s that simple.” – Louie Simmons

“Did you ever notice those who criticize the strong or the elite are usually weaker or less successful than those they pass judgment on. And those who are strong or elite in their respective sports rarely condemn those who are not as strong or as successful as they are.” – Louie Simmons

“If you aren’t willing to die to do this, you shouldn’t do this.” Louie Simmons

Dorian Yates

“Work hard in silence; make your success make the noise.” – Dorian Yates

“Bodybuilding is not an endurance sport. Stimulate growth with intensity, load, and isolation, then go home to grow.” – Dorian Yates

“I was always criticized throughout my whole career because I wasn’t doing the whole smiling thing on stage. But I didn’t feel like doing that. I felt like I was there for competition, and it was tough, and I wasn’t there to smile.” – Dorian Yates

“It took me nine years to get to the level of being Mr. Olympia, and it’s pretty much a 24-hour-a-day job every day of the year, really, if you want to compete on that level.” – Dorian Yates

“The ultimate goal in training is to stimulate, not annihilate.” – Dorian Yates

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