Quotes of plant-based athletes

A plant-based diet keeps me light, flexible, and healthy. My body has become lighter, so to say ‘clearer.’ In my profession, flexibility and elasticity are incredibly important, and I increased both of these. And… now I almost never suffer from a cold or flu.

As a vegan body-builder I want to show others that it is possible to gain significant muscle and strength on a vegan diet and I want to inspire others to follow this lifestyle. I love being vegan and knowing that I am having a positive impact on our society.

Being vegan doesn't make you a stronger, better athlete. But it allows you to make yourself a stronger, better athlete.

Don’t eat bear balls. Eat healthy, delectable, plant-based foods so that you will never fall over on your cat.

Going vegan was instrumental in improving my all round health, stamina, freedom from injuries and ability to train more intensely. It was the turning point for me in so many ways.

I always say that eating a plant based diet is the secret weapon of enhanced athletic performance.

I am passionate about giving animals a voice. I adopted a vegan diet because it didn’t feel fair to have a dog I adore and yet eat meat all the time.

I can honestly say that being vegan is not only the most efficient way to be full-body strong, it’s also the most humane; everyone wins.

I definitely have more energy, an easier digestion, increased metabolism, and much reduced recovery time after workouts. I have less inflammation, can train harder and faster, and my heart and joints are much healthier—there is really nothing negative I can think of as being a vegan athlete.

I had to change my diet. I had to do many changes. I’ve become a raw vegan, and I am not perfect, so I forgive myself when I make mistakes. I do a lot of juicing as well, a lot of wheat grass shots, lots of fresh juices and things like that. I have made huge improvements with raw vegan diet

I spent over 1,000 hours looking at peer reviewed medical science and realized that a plant-based diet is superior and optimal for health and athletic performance.

I thought I’d use the words of accomplished athletes to extol the virtues of a WFPB lifestyle.

I've been vegan for over a year now, about 15 months. I changed to the vegan diet, and I feel fabulous; it's great. I wish I'd done it earlier.

If I can share my story of going from 120-pound non-vegan to a 195-pound champion vegan bodybuilder, and share the stories of many others who have had similar or greater results, and have a positive influence on people, I am thrilled to do so.

It’s more than a performance reason for me, it’s a lifestyle, it’s something I’m really proud of.

I’ve found that a person does not need protein from meat to be a successful athlete. In fact, my best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.

My plant-based diet has opened up more doors to being an athlete. It’s a whole other level that I’m elevating to. I stopped eating animals about a year ago, and it’s a new life. I feel like a new person, a new athlete

Nothing has benefited me more physically, mentally and most important spiritually, then adapting a vegan diet. The best decision I have made as a human for me and the planet.

Real Men Eat Plants

The vegan diet is healthy and leads to a compassionate lifestyle. I’ve gotten so many benefits. My weight is easily maintained, my skin glows, I sleep better and I feel more energized.

The vegan lifestyle is a compassionate way to live that supports life, supports fairness and equality, and promotes freedom.

The world's strongest animals are plant eaters. Gorillas, Buffaloes, Elephants and me.

This is a message to all those out there who think that you need animal products to be fit and strong. Almost two years after becoming vegan I am stronger than ever before and I am still improving day by day.

This is why I have decided to go on a vegan diet. It has been over a year now. Yes, it’s hard – nothing’s ever easy – but I’ve felt the best I’ve ever felt.

Two weeks after I stopped eating meat, I lifted more weight than I’ve ever lifted in my life.

We can live as we were meant to live – simply, joyously, of and on the earth. We can live with all our effort and with pure happiness.