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Motivation Quote by Jonathan Brown

"I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength"

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Brown’s sentence is athlete-speak with a purpose: it’s a progress report disguised as a reassurance campaign. The headline isn’t the speed or the strength work. It’s the quiet victory of “without injury problems,” a phrase that signals he knows exactly what fans, coaches, and selection committees worry about first. In elite sport, fitness isn’t just a condition; it’s a credibility test. By leading with durability, he’s managing expectations and stabilizing his own narrative before anyone else writes it for him.

The rest is calibrated specificity. “My speed is good” is intentionally modest: not “great,” not “the best,” not a promise. It’s a measured claim that avoids the trap of sounding either complacent or delusional. Then he pivots to “lots of volume for strength,” a line that telegraphs seriousness and discipline to insiders. Volume implies monotony, accumulation, and patience - the unglamorous labor that athletes cite when they want their readiness to sound earned rather than hoped for.

Context matters here: “the first part of my preparations” suggests a phased build toward a season, trials, or a major meet, when training loads spike and bodies often rebel. He’s also quietly telling you he’s available - for competition, for selection, for belief. The subtext is confidence with a seatbelt on: I’m healthy, I’m fast enough, I’m doing the work, and I’m not tempting fate by saying more.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Brown, Jonathan. (2026, January 16). I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-completed-the-first-part-of-my-preparations-129624/

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Brown, Jonathan. "I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-completed-the-first-part-of-my-preparations-129624/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-completed-the-first-part-of-my-preparations-129624/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Jonathan Brown (born November 28, 1968) is a Athlete.

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