Quotes About Motivation

I was a bass guitarist first before I started playing double bass - and I only started playing it because my teacher said I'd get twice as much work, as there's not enough players out there.

I defended my Strikeforce belt twice, and you didn't see me lose any of my intensity, drive, or motivation. That's just the way I am. I will always be hungry.

I always felt like I had something to prove, like I had to work twice as hard to make sure I got it. I knew I didn't want to be a good skier. I wanted to be the best.

I joined the police force with one motivation in mind: to become a high school PE teacher. After a year of working, I realized that a) I was making twice as much money as I would in the teaching profession, and b) I was having too much fun. I stuck it out for 32 years and no regrets.

I work out every day, sometimes twice a day.

I do Pilates twice a week; I hike and I go to the gym. My days of being that hardcore-workout person are over. Don't get me wrong, I still want to be the hot mom!

I try to take an exercise class twice a week.

Bulking up for the Twilight films was one of the hardest things I've done... I had to give myself a lot of pep talks, as there was just so much gym time.

The original Star Wars ("A New Hope") has had the greatest impact on me of all the films I've ever watched. It's really what sparked something in me to want to make movies.

I think in between where you are and where you want to be is a sea of reasons why you can't get there.

Education has really only one basic factor: one must want it.

When somebody does something which everybody really wants to do, then it makes everyone else try a little bit harder and strive for something better, and it's good.

Under communism (socialism), there is no incentive to supply people with anything they need or want, including safety.

When I'm watching TV, I'm always drawn to those female characters who are doing something that I would want to do.

When you are starting out you're inspired by so many different things, you just want to be the best, man...and you're just so ambitious; your drive is just at a million!

Do the best you can. But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better.

Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere.

Remember that winners do what losers don't want to do.

Don't beat yourself up for not being perfect. But you might want to kick your own a## if you're not trying to get better.

Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.

Most people don't manage to the utmost of their ability because they don't want to.

As soon as the boss decides he wants his workers to do something, he has two problems: making them do it and monitoring what they do.

Occasionally, I'll dream I'm in the factory. That will help me write. Not creatively, but more like a prod. I don't want to go back there.

I think it's never mono-causal why you fall in love with something that you want to do.