"If I lost a race and started to sulk, I’d get shut down pretty quick smart by Dad. “Don’t get upset. Reflect and think about what you did to prepare for that race and what you could do better next ti

"Time waits for no one" - Tia Toomey

“Alright T, tell me how fast can you run?” “As fast as a leopard.” “Come on now, tell me, how fast are you going to run?!” “As fast as a leopard!” “Then let’s see you do it!” - Tia Toomey

"Nobody else can take you to the place you want to end up. You have to get there yourself." - Tia Toomey

“We live in a world with a lot of insecure, jealous people. Some of them are our best friends. They are blood relatives. Failure terrifies them. So does our success. Because when we transcend what we

“It won’t always go your way, so you can’t get trapped in this idea that just because you’ve imagined a possibility for yourself that you somehow deserve it. Your entitled mind is dead weight. Cut it

"Tell the truth about the real reasons for your limitations and you will turn that negativity, which is real, into jet fuel. Those odds stacked against you will become a damn runway. There is no more

"The reason it’s important to push hardest when you want to quit the most is because it helps you callous your mind." - David Goggins

"Remembering that you’ve been through difficulties before and have always survived to fight again shifts the conversation in your head. It will allow you to control and manage doubt, and keep you focu

"And never forget that all emotional and physical anguish is finite! It all ends eventually. Smile at pain and watch it fade for at least a second or two. If you can do that, you can string those seco