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Motivation Quote by Shane Warne

"The reason why I have lost weight is that I looked at the international schedule and thought that I wanted to play for another two years. It is a very hectic schedule and if I want to get through that then I have to be in the best shape that I can"

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Warne frames weight loss less as a makeover than a professional recalibration: a body adjusted to a calendar that has outgrown it. The key move is that he blames the schedule, not the mirror. By pointing to the international itinerary, he turns a potentially vain headline into a statement about labor, longevity, and control. The subtext is blunt: modern cricket doesnt reward charisma or genius alone; it demands repeatable fitness under punishing logistics. If he wants two more years, he has to renegotiate the terms of what his talent costs him physically.

That phrase "hectic schedule" does heavy lifting. It quietly indicts a sport era where the fixture list is a business plan as much as a competition, and athletes are expected to operate like touring bands: constant travel, constant performance, constant scrutiny. Warne, a figure famous for outsized personality and almost mythic skill, is acknowledging that myth is no longer enough. The body has become part of the contract.

Theres also a subtle power play in "I thought that I wanted to play". It signals agency, a veteran choosing ambition over retreat, but it also reads like self-negotiation: convincing himself that the desire is still there, then aligning his habits to match it. The intent is practical, yet the line lands culturally because it captures the late-career athlete predicament: you dont just compete against opponents; you compete against the calendar, and the calendar always has home-field advantage.

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Warne, Shane. (2026, January 16). The reason why I have lost weight is that I looked at the international schedule and thought that I wanted to play for another two years. It is a very hectic schedule and if I want to get through that then I have to be in the best shape that I can. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-reason-why-i-have-lost-weight-is-that-i-130980/

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Warne, Shane. "The reason why I have lost weight is that I looked at the international schedule and thought that I wanted to play for another two years. It is a very hectic schedule and if I want to get through that then I have to be in the best shape that I can." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-reason-why-i-have-lost-weight-is-that-i-130980/.

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"The reason why I have lost weight is that I looked at the international schedule and thought that I wanted to play for another two years. It is a very hectic schedule and if I want to get through that then I have to be in the best shape that I can." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-reason-why-i-have-lost-weight-is-that-i-130980/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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Shane Warne (September 13, 1969 - March 4, 2022) was a Athlete from Australia.

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