Quotes About Motivation

After our life history was shown on the silver screen and much appreciated by the audiences, I have more of a responsibility on my shoulders now.

I have always believed it is not enough just to wear the silver fern and I do not regret pushing myself to try to deliver my best possible performance.

Interviewing someone is very similar to preparing a character, isn't it? You're just asking questions: 'Who is this person? Why did they make that choice? Why are they doing that?' You're being Sherlock Holmes.

Choose a guy who has a similar level of drive as you. There's nothing sexy about being your boyfriend's life coach.

Here's a pro-tip: there's no such thing as a 'gym person.' There are just people who go to the gym. Similarly, there's no such thing as a 'productive person.' There are just people who do productive things fairly often.

My cousin Simon Bor, the champion of Los Angeles, convinced me to concentrate on running.

I have learnt from Simon Cowell that anything is possible if you work hard enough and also that acts of kindness or giving somebody a few minutes of your time can have a massive impact on their life and their future.

My mantra is simple: work gets you work, and good work gets you good work.

When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.

In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where she wants and gets up and goes.

The simplest, most impactful question that you can ask an athlete, or ask anyone, is 'What do you want to accomplish? What's your goal?'

Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.

If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined.

Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.

What I am humble and proud about is that I was able to show a path, simply to demonstrate what could be possible with 8,000-meter peaks. Now that the paradigm has shifted, more people can relate to that possibility, and it should be easier next time to conceptualize and achieve it.

I follow Ronda. I am big fan of her. She is simply the best for me.

Reason is just a means to an end, and the end depends on the reasoner's passions.

The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.

If you're are paralyzed with fear it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.

Next morning I went over to Paul's for coffee and told him I had finished. "Good for you," he said without looking up. "Start the next one today.

It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.

To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Not to act upon that ambition is to turn our backs on ourselves and on the reason for our existence.

The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.

What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead. I was developing symptoms. As soon as I sat down and began, I was okay.