Training isn’t fun for me. I do it because it’s what my body needs, and I have a standard. It’s a thing I make sure I do. – Giancarlo Stanton
I am quite convinced now… that the actual training of drawing cartoons – which is, of course, my style – led to my producing Spot. Cartoons must be very simple and have as few words as possible, and so, too, must the ‘Spot’ books. – Eric Hill
It’s important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and training hard, they’ll see a true reflection of where they stand and what they can achieve worldwide and not be swayed by people who are cheating. – Paula Radcliffe
Within the government, within the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, you have practically eliminated any training or any use of the term ‘radical Islam.’ That’s what we’re facing. – Michael T. Flynn
France needs to improve training and education and the level of skills of its workforce. – Francois Hollande
Obviously, the difference between a game and actual training is you’re using your whole body, so in that sense, maybe not, although maybe something to do with reaction, the speed of reaction, maybe that was of use during the training. – Chiaki Kuriyama
What the SEAL teams do, what our training does, is it chips away the outer that layer and shows you what you’re capable of and not capable of. – Marcus Luttrell
The typical response from people when I tell them I’m diabetic is, ‘Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.’ You know, I’m not. I’m a better athlete because of diabetes rather than despite it. I’m more aware of my training, my fitness and more aware of nutrition. I’m more proactive about my health. – Charlie Kimball
Pulp paperbacks have always provided a training ground for men, Some of them went on to become respected authors – Dean Koontz, Nelson DeMille and Martin Cruz Smith, for example. Why couldn’t a woman? – Gayle Lynds
Probably around 14, when I was finishing primary school. I’m coming from a pretty small city in Croatia, not too many options to train, not too many players. So I had to either choose to stay at home to do more school or move to Zagreb to the national training center. That was when I made decisions to do something better in tennis. – Marin Cilic
In my day England, Scotland, Wales had 80 drama schools. There are none left. So there’s no training, no discipline. – Peter O’Toole
I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John’s, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true. – Frank Lampard
We’re here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area, conducted the initial training for the attackers in training camps in Afghanistan before they moved on to Germany and then to U.S. flight schools. – David Petraeus
With all the traveling and promotion I’ve been doing for ‘Murderball,’ its been difficult keeping up with my rugby training. – Mark Zupan
This was good training for research, because large parts of experimental work are sometimes boring or involve the use of skills in which one is not particularly gifted. – Martin Lewis Perl
That’s one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there’s more jealousy in Switzerland because it’s so little and they don’t have so many athletes. – Martina Hingis
Training has been such a huge part of my life and career I hope to keep going with it. – David Prowse
When it comes to police officers, I have concerns about the training that they receive. This whole notion of implicit bias, looking at people and having stereotypical reactions to them on the basis of their ethnicity. – Eric Holder
My whole swimming career was about training to beat Michael Phelps in any race I possibly could. – Chad le Clos
I’ve been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my brother Jean. For me, I think confidence is the biggest thing; it’s all mental. I train with the best of the best, including my brother Steven, a five-time world champion who won Olympic gold medals. – Diana Lopez
Part of my daily regime is my glucosamine and, of course, a multitude of multivitamins. Branched-chain amino acids, glutamine, of course protein. I have one protein shake a day, and that is immediately after my training. – Dwayne Johnson
I was first introduced to Kafka’s writing during my compulsory army-service basic training. During that period, Kafka’s fiction felt hyperrealistic. – Etgar Keret
It’s not like every actor needs to train, but an actor will either develop their process through training or through working. – Emory Cohen
Yes, it will go through the disciplines that all puppies go through including house training and puppy walking, then at twelve month old it the training becomes a lot more rigorous which has to be done carefully otherwise you are in danger of stressing the dog. – David Blunkett
I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it’s very different than being on set. – Eloise Mumford
Why not add benefits for making healthy food choices, provide a transition bonus for getting off food stamps, or increase job training opportunities and income – raising minimum wage? – Donna Brazile
I’m trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate on average 20 kilometres a day. On top of that, we’re riding a lot and lifting a lot of weights. – Clara Hughes
Training a reliable military force that adheres to Western norms and standards is the work of a generation, not a few months. – David Ignatius
