Diamond Dallas Page > Quotes

“The Latin root of decide means “to cut off all possibility.” So a person who actually made a true decision to accomplish something would have no alternative but to do what they decided.”
― Diamond Dallas Page, Yoga for Regular Guys: The Best Damn Workout on the Planet!

“Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% how you React to it, Stay Strong, Be Unstoppable.”
― Diamond Dallas Page, DDPYoga Level 1 Training - DDP Yoga Certification Course

“Living life at 90% means taking control of every aspect of your life that you can control: how you react, how you adapt, and how you take action. You and only you get to control the way you react to all the shit life dumps in your lap. And, again, that’s the trick—taking action.”
― Diamond Dallas Page, Positively Unstoppable: The Art of Owning It

“The battle of the big belly is fought using the weapons of dietary changes, exercise, and most importantly, discipline.”
― Diamond Dallas Page, Yoga for Regular Guys: The Best Damn Workout on the Planet!

“Excuse: I’ve never been able to stick with an exercise program. Truth: I give up as soon as it gets a little difficult, and okay, I admit it— I’m a lazy son of a bitch.”
― Diamond Dallas Page, Positively Unstoppable: The Art of Owning It

“life is 10% about what happens to you and 90% about how you react to it.”
― Diamond Dallas Page, Positively Unstoppable: The Art of Owning It

“To get what you’ve never had before, you must be willing to do what you have never done before. Whatever it is that you decide you want, it’s something”
― Diamond Dallas Page, Positively Unstoppable: The Art of Owning It

“owning my life starts with not listening to the people around me when they say things that could stop me from believing in myself—when people bring you down with what I call “emotional gravity.”
― Diamond Dallas Page, Positively Unstoppable: The Art of Owning It

“When we take deep, long, slow breaths, we can actually stop the “fight or flight” portion of our nervous system (called the sympathetic nervous system) from overreacting to different types of stress. The sympathetic nervous system goes into high gear when our brain activates it in the presence of perceived danger.”
― Diamond Dallas Page, Yoga for Regular Guys: The Best Damn Workout on the Planet!

“Repetition is the mother of learning.”
― Diamond Dallas Page, Positively Unstoppable: The Art of Owning It

“Excuse: I’m not a morning person, and I have a very busy schedule. Truth: Are you nuts? I’m not getting the hell out of my warm bed a half-hour early to work out! I’d rather pretend that I’ll do it later in the day, but later in the day I’ll decide that I’m too tired. Excuse: I’ve always had a sweet tooth. Truth: Keep your F’n hands off my donuts! Excuse: I hate change. Always have and always will. Truth: I’m afraid to take a chance because I might fail, or even worse, I might succeed.”
― Diamond Dallas Page, Positively Unstoppable: The Art of Owning It