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    “If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what’s said against me won’t amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

      “Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves – regret for the past and fear of the future.” ~ Unknown

        “The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy… It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.” ~ Jacqueline Gareau, 1980 Boston Marathon Champ

          “Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I’ve always believed that if you took one tenth of the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you’d be surprised by how well things can work out.”

          Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

            “Who wants to go through life doing everything right? Taking no chances means wasting your dreams.” ~ Unknown

                 “If your dog is fat, you’re not getting enough exercise.” ~ Author Unknown

                  “The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck!” ~ Author Unknown

                    “If it weren’t for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn’t get any exercise at all.” ~ Joey Adams

                      “Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don’t think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.” ~ Patti Sue Plumer, U.S. Olympian

                        “A lot of people run a race to see who’s the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts.” ~ Steve Prefontaine

                          “I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.” ~ Michael Jordan

                            “No matter how good you get you can always get better and that’s the exciting part.” ~ Tiger Woods

                              “In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.” ~ Henri- Frederic Amiel

                                “When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no ‘I’ll start tomorrow.’  Tomorrow is disease.” ~ V.L. Allinear

                                  “The hardest thing about exercise is to start doing it. Once you are doing exercise regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it.” ~ Erin Gray

                                    “A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.” ~ Paul Dudley

                                      “We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because we stop exercising.” ~ Dr. Kenneth Cooper

                                        “Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths instead of your weaknesses, on your powers instead of your problems.” ~ Paul J. Meyer

                                          “The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!” ~ Marvin Phillips