Chrissie Wellington Quotes

#1. To be happy with myself and always make others happy. To be confident and give others confidence in themselves. To smile, to surf, to laugh and make others laugh. To read more widely. To try to be more tolerant of my weaknesses and of others, and not to be so hard on myself all the time.

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#2. When things are tough, you get tougher.

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#3. Just seize every opportunity you have, embrace every experience. Make a mark, for all the right reasons.

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#4. ...Life is nothing but a habit. Get to work.

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#5. It's not records I chase, it's self-improvement. And that cannot be done by taking it easy.

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#6. Some sessions are stars and some sessions are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.

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#7. If you can't fly, run; if you can't run, walk; if you can't walk, crawl.-Martin Luther King

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#8. I'm a warrior and a fighter, I race fair and I race clean.

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#9. The key is to trust in your preparation. You have done all you can, so focus on that fact. You will remain the same person before, during and after the race, so the result, however important, will not define you. The journey is what matters.

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#10. I run to feel complete, to feel alive, to feel happy, and to feel free. I run to visit beautiful places, to overcome my fears, and to remind myself - and others - that our limits may not be where we think they are.

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#11. There is a special mystique about the marathon, for example, because of its length-but that's just the bit you do at the end of an Ironman

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#12. The key is not to be afraid of failing.

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#13. I think, then i pick, and then i stick. and nothing shifts me more from my view. no bad races, no bad sessions, no bad moods.

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#14. Hard work and an open mind - it's the only way to realize the potential that is inside every one of us.

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#15. It's when the discomfort strikes that they realize a strong mind is the most powerful weapon of all.

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#16. To me, every person who smoked was voluntarily killing themselves, and doing it quite openly.

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#17. I never go into a race expecting to win, but I do go in expecting to fight.

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#18. Pick your battles, and accept yourself for who you are.

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#19. There's an importance of keeping an open mind. The brain is programmed to protect us, and that can mean imposing limits on what it thinks we can or should do. Constantly push at those limits, because the brain can be way too cautious.

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#20. If we let our head drop, our heart drops with it. Keep your head up, and your body is capable of amazing feats.

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#21. I had to make the most of it; I had to make the most of me. There could be no slack, anywhere, not in my time, not in my head, not across my skin. If there were any, the guilt wouldn't bear thinking about.

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#22. We all have talents that, sometimes, we never quite fulfill. We're all scared, deep down, but maybe we just need to lay it on the line and explore our abilities and just not be afraid of failing.

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#23. Never, ever give up. And smile

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#24. While i may have been strong, i was not particularly goat like.

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