Quotes About Motivation

That's a big part of who I am - developing mentality, mindsets.

To me it seemed in college ball, guys are more hungry. It's for a different circumstance when you're talking about playing for money and playing for heart. Not saying that guys in the NBA don't play for heart, but once you get that money, you're under a different mindset.

It's difficult for your mindset when you don't know what you're training for.

Kobe was, other than my parents, he was the reason why I played sports. Just his mindset, the Mamba mentality.

If you're in a current mind state where you know what you want from the track, you can't just leave it and expect to come back with the same mindset.

I am a Bruce Lee fan. I may be my fans' hero, but even heroes have their heroes. And mine is Bruce Lee.

Everybody's got their own story. I'm just trying to add to mine. It's cool to be an inspiration to others.

My goal was never to win awards. Mine was let me get to a place where I don't have to work. I don't have to do anything I don't want to.

Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.

The minute they gave me number one, I went to the studio. I was ready to give y'all something else. I was going 120 miles an hour.

Our deep aspiration is an immense source of energy.

From the standpoint of education, genius means essentially 'giving birth to the joy in learning.' I'd like to suggest that this is the central task of all educators. It is the genius of the student that is the driving force behind all learning. Before educators take on any of the other important issues in learning, they must first have a thorough understanding of what lies at the core of each student's intrinsic motivation to learn, and that motivation originates in each student's genius.

Self is the only oil that makes the chariot-wheels of the hypocrite move in all religious concernments.

Writing well is the best revenge.

Worse still, throughout the program's first decade, two-thirds of participants never even finished. Let that sink in: two-thirds did not even bother to complete a free job-training program—financed by hard-working Americans.

Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entirely for the sake of the fourth quarter?

Good, better, best Never let it rest, Till ur good is better And better is best.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Ah, want of an object to live for - that's all is the matter with me!

Tú puedes hacer atravesar el infierno a un grupo de hombres y conseguir que te sigan queriendo.

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, whether you like it or not.

Your test scores are inferior, therefore you're inferior," and the result is yet one more economic dropout. Instead, tell a youngster there are many ways to win. Tell him that creativity and even common sense, social skills, and integrity count in the economic arena. If we convey that message, we will have many more people becoming productive citizens.

The majority either ignore their critics or use criticism as an inspiration to succeed.

I have always been goal-oriented. I have a clearly defined set of daily goals, weekly goals, monthly goals, annual goals, and lifetime goals. I even have goals to go to the bathroom. I always tell our young executives that they must have goals.