Classic Quote, Lee

"We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters."

Robert E. Lee

As applicable to behavior change as to any other of life's great challenges.

Classic Quote, Roosevelt

"It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things."
Theodore Roosevelt

TR was as lousy as a president as any of them were, but he was an interesting man.  This quote is just plain old truth.  Changing behavior is nothing more than never giving up, finding some kernel of success in every failure, and getting back up on the horse.

Classic Quote, Parks

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."
~ Rosa Parks

Applies equally to any physical endeavor, thank you Ms. Parks.

"Coach"

"The word "coach" comes from the word stagecoach, which was the major mode of transportation used by people before the automobile. Whether it was drawn by a horse of steam engine, the stagecoach took people from one place to another. The coach in athletics does the same thing - he or she is able to take people from where they are to where they want to be. This is the essence of what a coach truly is."
http://www.coachhoover.blogspot.com/

Classic Quotes: Bingo

Money quote!

@DarrellWhite: Perfection works better as a target than a goal. The goal, then, is to keep your eye on the target.

Classic Quotes: Wells

"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative."
    - Herbert George Wells

Classic Quote, Unknown

"1000 days a beginner, 10,000 days a master."

As told to me by Mr. Greg Johnson, a senior ranking kyokushin man, from whom I learned and to whom I have always been grateful.  Shihan J, those late 90s NKJU and NMAA training camps were brutal and fun, thank you!

Classic Quote, Paterno

"What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle."

- Joe Paterno


HT:  www.crossfit.com

Classic Quote, Tate

"If you are over flexible in a strength sport it could do you more harm that good, but if your flexibility becomes less than what is optimal for the sport, you will be looking at shoulders, hips, pecs, elbow and low back injuries." - Dave Tate
CEO EliteFTS

Dave Tate saying this does not make it true, what makes it true is how true it is. 

Classic Quote, Starrett

“If we get an athlete into a better position, then we see a commensurate change in power output, in wattage, in poundage and in rep count.”
—Kelly Starrett
http://library.crossfit.com/premium/pdf/CFJ_K-Starr_Southern.pdf?e=1315078199&h=569a2508060d757f80039f2157b5156b

Classic Quote, Borden

"If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything."
- Win Borden


HT:  www.crossfit.com

Classic Quote, Takano

"Physical training is all about reaching the goals that are most important to you, the individual athlete. The best results and degrees of success will always come about as a consequence of desire and decision."  Bob Takano

journal.crossfit.com, http://library.crossfit.com/premium/pdf/CFJ_Oly_Takano.pdf?e=1312925201&h=1692d539c830439eb54f328bfd4b5fd3

On adding a weightlifting focus to a CrossFit program, the author recommends (very short and sweet!):

The three weightlifting workouts should take place prior to the CrossFit workouts while the nervous system is relatively fresh. Each weightlifting workout should consist of at least one explosive movement (snatch, clean and jerk, power snatch, power clean), one squatting movement and one overhead movement. A strength-building exercise relevant to weightlifting may be added periodically.

The three weightlifting workouts would then be followed by a CrossFit WOD. Tuesdays and Thursdays would be composed solely of CrossFit training. The weightlifting workouts would be made up of 5 or 6 sets of 2-4 repetitions of an explosive movement as described previously. The intensities should be largely in the 75-85 percent range (power snatches and power cleans should be performed in the 60-70 percent range). These should be followed by back or front squats through 5-6 sets of

2-4 repetitions, again primarily in the same percentage range. The third exercise can be a pulling movement, or an overhead movement, performed for 4 sets of 3-5 repetitions in the 80-95 percent range.

Classic Quotes, Many

From the Ancestral Health Symposium, the most retreated comment so far, per @DianaHsieh, is from Doug McGuff:  "You cannot exercise your way out of a bad diet."

It's been said many times, and while not "proven", I find it is true.  Exercise is for desirable physical adaptations which are useful in life, sport, and combat.  To be healthy, we must eat the right foods.

Classic Quotes, Wendler

 If in doubt, squat and push a Prowler or run some hills. You will be strong and in shape. Keep that in mind next time you think you need “to cut.”

Classic Quotes, Bannister

"We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves .... The restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom.  No one can say, "You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that."  The human spirit is indomitable.  Sir Roger Bannister via The Four Hour Body.

Classic Quotes, Tanchou

“Cancer, like insanity, seems to increase with the progress of civilization.”  Stanislas Tanchou

HT:  http://grassbasedhealth.blogspot.com/2010/06/grass-and-cancer.html

Classic Quotes, Voltaire

Someone said to Voltaire, "Life is hard." Voltaire replied, "Compared to what?"
Courtesy of CrossFit.com

Classic Quotes, Bryant and Ali

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses--behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
Muhammad Ali

"The will to win compares little with the will to prepare to win."
Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant

Classic Quotes, Abbey

"The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and empire. From a race of hunters, artists, warriors, and tamers of horses, we degraded ourselves to what we are now: clerks, functionaries, laborers, entertainers, processors of information." - Edward Abbey

This quote makes my heart race ...

I think there's a connection between the sentiment in this quote and CrossFit - we were made to occasionally give the full extension of physical effort and there's a reason it feels 'good' in the larger sense (although quite bad in the moment). The reason is that those who could give the full extension and kind of like it were more likely to have and see their children's children.

Classic Quotes, Twain

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).
- Notebook, 1904
http://www.twainquotes.com/Majority.html