Quotes About Motivation

I knew I needed to find a way to stay out of trouble and to have good grades to be able to stand out.

The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education.

I did side planks for my obliques, which are one of my trouble areas. And traditional planks tone your back so you don't have that little bit of fat hanging over your bra. Ugh!

When I travel back to neighborhoods like the inner city of Greater Cleveland where I'm from, young black kids tell me that they see my career as another path for them out of their troubled surroundings.

The thing I know about Diana Trout is that she's the hardest-working person. She even says it in season one - that nobody works harder than she does. I believe that's always been true about her. That is why she has high expectations of everyone around her.

I'm actually more focused on beating Heiland than I've probably been even in fighting Trout.

I saw a bakery truck go by with the name 'Rocco' on it, and that's when I decided to become Alex Rocco.

I have a truck team for a reason.

I don't think there's any real motivation for somebody to be a truck driver. Mine was simple; dad was a truck driver, I wanted to own one.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

If a small-town boy like me who bagged groceries was able to make his dreams come true, you can too.

Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. That becomes more true the higher the skill level gets.

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.

Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?

I'm a true believer in the strength of teamwork, in the power of dreams, and in the absolute necessity of a support structure.

I'm a true believer in the strength of teamwork, in the power of dreams.

You can't really go into TV thinking, 'Maybe I can make a few bucks doing this thing I'm only kind of interested in to support my one true love, which is prose fiction.' I think you have to love what you're doing to do it well.

I would love to do a sports biopic. I love sports and I think it would be amazing to be a part of a true story and play an athlete.

You know, 'Top Gun' was the movie I saw in high school that made me want to be a filmmaker. I remember very specifically coming out of the Century 21 Theater in Colorado from seeing it, and my friend saying, 'What did you think of the movie?' And I said, 'I think I know what I want to do for a living.' That's a true story.

Not winning a title gives fuel to sportswriters and talking heads who question an athlete's true value.

I truly believe that it's all of the hard times that make you step up to the next level, and that's what makes you a champion.

I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality.

Whatever it is that I do, it's a lot easier for me to accomplish it when I truly feel the need for it. Sometimes you forget. But all you have to do is stop, re-think, and put it all back into perspective.

Maybe it's because I'm a little naive, but I do like to think that there aren't really very many truly bad people in the world. I think that everybody has their reasons for what they do, and if you really look through their eyes, you could probably understand them.