A saying my sergeant often repeated to me when I was in the Marine Corps. Whenever we started to half-ass morning PT (workouts) he’d say, "Go haze yourself," which meant we'd do EXTRA exercises until he was satisfied.
After leaving the military, like most of us leaving such a structured environment, I got complacent and gained weight.
I knew I was letting myself go but my own pride did not allow me to face it and I just distracted myself by saying how I had earned the right to relax and take it easy.
I then started hearing this voice in the back of my head whispering, "Go Haze yourself" screaming at me to get off my ass and go work out.
Now I use this quote as a reminder to myself. Not in a masochist "alphamale" motivation bullshit way but as a daily reminder that the goals I want require hard work and dedication, excuses are useless and to embrace the discomfort along the way. And if there is no discomfort I'm not trying hard enough or the goal is too easy.
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