#olympic-story

"If you decide not to take action, you are going to fail, and even if you do take action, if you can’t keep up your motivation, you will simply end up back where you started."

"It is action that creates motivation."

"It is true to say that the secret of a winning formula is the ability to accept that there is a vast area of unexploited potential beyond what you currently perceive to be your maximum."

"It is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it."

"Share your aspirations only with those who will support you, not those who will respond with doubt or lack of interest."

"Success is simply never giving in to failure - either in mind or body."

"The way forward is to stop pestering yourself for answers and let it, the creative part of your mind, come up with the solution when the time is right."

"If obstacles are large, jump higher."

"Trust in your own beliefs or succumb to the influence of others’."

"The sprint is like life ... blink and you miss it."

"If you remain static and wait for success to come to you it will certainly not happen."

"Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes."

"Too often, people get stuck in a state of over-thinking, the result is that they never reach a decision."

"The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation."