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"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything."
Xenophon
"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything."
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"I am about to get involved with the biggest cancer hospital in Norway. They are building a fitness center to work with patients. I will be a consultant."
Grete Waitz
"I am about to get involved with the biggest cancer hospital in Norway. They are building a fitness center to work with patients. I will be a consultant."
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"This year, I feel strong. I'm looking forward to having my best season in the last few years."
Chan Ho Park
"This year, I feel strong. I'm looking forward to having my best season in the last few years."
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"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."
John F. Kennedy
"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."
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"I swam underwater for 50 meters at a time and walked the length of the pool underwater, with a brick in each hand, all on a single breath."
David Goggins
"I swam underwater for 50 meters at a time and walked the length of the pool underwater, with a brick in each hand, all on a single breath."
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"I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind."
Martina Hingis
"I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind."
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"I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast."
Evelyn Ashford
"I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast."
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"Mr. Gonzales' failure to respond to questions legitimately posed to him by the Senate raises grave doubts in my mind as to his fitness to serve the people of the United States as their Attorney General."
Daniel Inouye
"Mr. Gonzales' failure to respond to questions legitimately posed to him by the Senate raises grave doubts in my mind as to his fitness to serve the people of the United States as their Attorney General."
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"We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour."
Philip Knight
"We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour."
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"The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force."
Andre Maurois
"The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force."
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"You must also give mental and physical fitness priority."
Jim Otto
"You must also give mental and physical fitness priority."
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"The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's."
Warren Cuccurullo
"The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's."
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"Personally, I need a high level of physical fitness in order to feel at ease."
Jurgen Klinsmann
"Personally, I need a high level of physical fitness in order to feel at ease."
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"You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level."
Jamie Redknapp
"You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level."
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"I'm enjoying myself this year and for once I'm not chasing my fitness."
Jamie Redknapp
"I'm enjoying myself this year and for once I'm not chasing my fitness."
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"I have found a flat on Merseyside and am settling down here. If I can keep playing and get back to full match fitness, I know I have a lot to offer still."
David Ginola
"I have found a flat on Merseyside and am settling down here. If I can keep playing and get back to full match fitness, I know I have a lot to offer still."
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"Now I say that if you run more than 15 miles a week, it's for something other than aerobic fitness. Once you pass 15 miles, you do not see much further improvement."
Kenneth H. Cooper
"Now I say that if you run more than 15 miles a week, it's for something other than aerobic fitness. Once you pass 15 miles, you do not see much further improvement."
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"Hills are speedwork in disguise."
Frank Shorter
"Hills are speedwork in disguise."
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"In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally."
Grete Waitz
"In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally."
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"Fitness needs to be perceived as fun and games or we subconsciously avoid it."
Alan Thicke
"Fitness needs to be perceived as fun and games or we subconsciously avoid it."
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"I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while."
Sting
"I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while."
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"I'm still very professional about my fitness. I stay in trim as I always did."
Peter Shilton
"I'm still very professional about my fitness. I stay in trim as I always did."
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"Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven't raced properly for a decade. I'am not one of the favourites to start with."
Nigel Mansell
"Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven't raced properly for a decade. I'am not one of the favourites to start with."
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"Yes, I mean, I used to be into the big bulk thing, and that's why my legs look like those of a cyclist instead of a shooter's, but I think there is a point to where too much is not a good thing. I think I try to lower my center of gravity by doing a lot of legs."
Nancy Johnson
"Yes, I mean, I used to be into the big bulk thing, and that's why my legs look like those of a cyclist instead of a shooter's, but I think there is a point to where too much is not a good thing. I think I try to lower my center of gravity by doing a lot of legs."
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"Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness."
Graham Taylor
"Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness."
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"The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal."
William Ames
"The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal."
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"A month before the season, I don't order fries with my club sandwich."
Mario Lemieux
"A month before the season, I don't order fries with my club sandwich."
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"I have been particularly struck with the overwhelming evidence which is given as to the fitness of the natives of India for high offices and employments."
Richard Cobden
"I have been particularly struck with the overwhelming evidence which is given as to the fitness of the natives of India for high offices and employments."
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"Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness."
Graeme Le Saux
"Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness."
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"I have always maintained a high level of fitness, and that is why I am still able to handle the demands of playing in the Premiership. People have always commented on my fitness, and it's something I pride myself on."
Richard Gough
"I have always maintained a high level of fitness, and that is why I am still able to handle the demands of playing in the Premiership. People have always commented on my fitness, and it's something I pride myself on."
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"The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used, and thus in the case before us it cannot be immaterial what plants are subjected to experiment and in what manner such experiment is conducted."
Gregor Mendel
"The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used, and thus in the case before us it cannot be immaterial what plants are subjected to experiment and in what manner such experiment is conducted."
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"Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are."
Sugar Ray Leonard
"Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are."
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"I was a bit worried coming back to the Premiership from America, but I have been pleased with my form, and the interest I have received has been good for my ego. I have no worries about my fitness, and I am really looking forward to the season starting now."
Richard Gough
"I was a bit worried coming back to the Premiership from America, but I have been pleased with my form, and the interest I have received has been good for my ego. I have no worries about my fitness, and I am really looking forward to the season starting now."
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"I train for one-and-a-half hours every day in order to keep my energy level high."
Jurgen Klinsmann
"I train for one-and-a-half hours every day in order to keep my energy level high."
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"A life coach does for the rest of your life what a personal trainer does for your health and fitness."
Elaine MacDonald
"A life coach does for the rest of your life what a personal trainer does for your health and fitness."
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"A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness."
William Graham Sumner
"A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness."
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"Everyone wants to look great in the summer... Don't just dream, take action!Your journey to being a summer yummer starts today."
Steve Maraboli
"Everyone wants to look great in the summer... Don't just dream, take action!Your journey to being a summer yummer starts today."
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"Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children."
George Bernard Shaw
"Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children."
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"So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance."
Kenneth H. Cooper
"So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance."
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"My Daddy liked physical fitness and wanted me to be a prizefighter."
Judy Johnson
"My Daddy liked physical fitness and wanted me to be a prizefighter."
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"Overall, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not really someone that is gung-ho or a fitness fanatic."
Cobi Jones
"Overall, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not really someone that is gung-ho or a fitness fanatic."
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"I thought I did well for someone who has been out for 10 or 11 months. Then I was sub against Liverpool and tried to play for the guys and work on my fitness."
Paul Gascoigne
"I thought I did well for someone who has been out for 10 or 11 months. Then I was sub against Liverpool and tried to play for the guys and work on my fitness."
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"We are involved in youth testing internationally. We want to try to prove without a shadow of a doubt the relationship between physical fitness and health, not just physical fitness and ability to perform."
Kenneth H. Cooper
"We are involved in youth testing internationally. We want to try to prove without a shadow of a doubt the relationship between physical fitness and health, not just physical fitness and ability to perform."
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"Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive."
Ann Oakley
"Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive."
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"Sure we have skilled players, but the biggest thing might just be that we are so well conditioned and how we can play for 90 minutes at a high tempo which is needed in soccer at an international level."
Claudio Reyna
"Sure we have skilled players, but the biggest thing might just be that we are so well conditioned and how we can play for 90 minutes at a high tempo which is needed in soccer at an international level."
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"It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most."
Jonah Lomu
"It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most."
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"I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness. I've worked hard at it and I've always been fit even compared to other players. That sustains you through various parts of your career, but I am 36."
Graeme Le Saux
"I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness. I've worked hard at it and I've always been fit even compared to other players. That sustains you through various parts of your career, but I am 36."
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"The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person."
Charles Babbage
"The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person."
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"For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point."
Frank Shorter
"For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point."
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"I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results."
Tipper Gore
"I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results."
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