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Challenges Are What Defines Us

Each of us face our own sets of challenges in our life. Whether you are attempting to get physically healthier, rise in the ranks in your profession, or simply trying to make a better life for your family, there are mountains to move and challenges to overcome. In many ways, our challenges are what make us stronger. Each challenge is a lesson and it evolves us, changing who we are as a person. By allowing adversity to help you grow as a person, you are evolving and becoming a more knowledgeable and wiser person in the process. The same can be said for individuals who are struggling to lose weight, struggling to get fit, struggling for confidence. Your struggle makes you work even harder for positive results. Do not allow your defeat to define you, instead take on the challenge head on and achieve the results you desire.

How Challenges Define Us
Every one of us faces our own set of challenges and hardships. Our challenges define our dreams and goals, and it makes it work even harder to achieve success. This drive sets a fire in our soul. It gives us the urge to go farther than others possibly would to achieve the results we want. Let your determination drive you and don’t give in to defeat before you have a chance to see results.

How Struggle Makes Us Stronger
Pain makes us stronger. Without the pain of defeat or struggle, many people would not be motivated to achieve their goals. When you know what is at stake, it causes you to work harder towards your goals and dreams.

Challenges Define Our Goals and Strengthens Our Drive
A little determination can be exactly what you need to meet and exceed your goals. Challenges are a great motivator. You want to prove to yourself and the world that you can do it. With a mindset like that, there is little that you cannot achieve.

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Life Will Never Be Stress-Free
In today’s fast-paced society, it seems that so many of us are always on the go. From working forty hours per week, maintaining a clean home, keeping in touch with relatives and attempting to have some semblance of a social life, the average persons’ life is not exactly stress-free. There is something that many of us need to understand, and quick. Life will never be stress-free. There will always be bills to pay, deadlines to meet, friends and family to check on and goals to achieve. This is all part of an active lifestyle. It is important to note that there are ways to help you cope with the stress of your life and help you lead a healthy and successful lifestyle.

Get enough sleep

First and foremost, it is vital that you are getting a good night of sleep every night. The last thing that you want to do is exhaust yourself. This can set you up for fatigue and succumbing to illnesses. In order for you to be able to tackle your day, you need to make sure that you achieve a restful night of sleep with at least seven hours per night.

You can do anything you set your mind to, but not everything

You can do anything you set your mind to, but let’s be clear. You are not a super hero. You cannot do everything yourself. For working parents that also want to go back to school, your achievement of a degree with be hard-earned, but will be abundantly satisfying. You will be hard-pressed to achieve this with small children, a career, studies and a home to maintain without the help of your spouse, parents or other friends. Make sure that you ask for help when you need it.

It is okay to say no, sometimes

Sometimes, you just won’t be able to extend a helping hand. It is okay to say no when you are swamped and need some time to yourself. It can be easy to forget to take care of your own needs in the hustle and bustle of a busy schedule. Life will never be stress-free, so it is important that you take care of your needs, too.

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20 Boxing Quotes that we love
20 of our favourite boxing quotes that we love in no particular order

“The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters” - Cus D’Amato

“Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision” - Muhammad Ali

“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t” - Jack Dempsey

“When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him” - Mike Tyson

“Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that’s in rhythm or you’re in trouble” - Sugar Ray Robinson

“Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand” - George Foreman

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion” - Muhammad Ali

“All the time he’s boxing, he’s thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him” - Jack Dempsey

“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face” - Mike Tyson

“It’s better to give than receive” - George Foreman

“Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There’s nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring” - Sugar Ray Leonard

“When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box” - Emanuel Steward

“It ain’t how hard you hit…It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward” - Rocky Balboa

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life” - Muhammad Ali

“If I was 20 years younger I would kick your butt” - Larry Merchant

“A true champion can adapt to anything” - Floyd Mayweather, Jr

“To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy” - Cus D’Amato

“Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world” - Frank Bruno

“Once that bell rings you’re on your own. It’s just you and the other guy” - Joe Louis

“Win every second of every minute of every round” - Boxing914

“I’m scared every time I go into the ring, but it’s how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, ‘Let’s go.'” – Mike Tyson

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life” – Muhammad Ali

“I fight for perfection” - Mike Tyson

“To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy” – Cus D’Amato