Quotes About Motivation

Award trophies, as opposed to letting the players define and claim their own. Ultimately, pay them to play so that their activity not only resembles work but is work.

And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you.

It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.

Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?'

There are no ultimatums for Renault other than we want to improve as quickly as we can.

A Treasury Secretary or a President should be out here not fighting S&P, not grabbing the other coach and slapping him around, taking the umpire behind the barn. He should be getting the team psyched to overcome.

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.

Y'know, the real reason why I was such a failure in the sense of being unable to make any sort of a living was because I was really not motivated. I had no motivation.

It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.

Fifth place is unacceptable for U.S.A. Swimming. It stings.

There was no question that in our house doing well, doing it the right way, school, sports - there was an expectation. One of the things I've taken away from that is that I'm unafraid to expect a fair amount from people. It makes them so much better - you're doing them a disservice if you don't.

I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without.

The deal is that I hold myself to an extremely high standard, and it's a standard that can never be... it's unattainable. But it drives me to be the very best in everything I do.

They saved my life but the accident was unavoidable so there was no point feeling sorry for myself. I just wanted to race again.

I'm really looking forward to the Hall of Fame ceremonies. It's going to be unbelievable - just crazy. I'm looking forward to thanking all the fans for inspiring me to go out there and play my best football each and every game.

I coached Brandin Knight at Pitt, who was unbelievable, and also Carl Krauser.

The real world doesn't tell you that you were unbelievable after every match. A lot of times they are people that criticise you telling that you are not good enough. That's just football. You have to be able to take it with a smile, and analyse it truthfully, and use it as motivation.

Losing has an unbelievably negative impact on me.

I am the best in the world. It's 1: Cody; 2: Kenny; 3: Okada; 4: Charlotte; 5: Cena, with Ospreay creeping up on the list. It's my responsibility with the event to live up to that ranking. I am unbelievably good at this because of hard work and dedication.

Wenger is a top manager, he has shown that unbelievably. The thing I like is this manager can make an average player one of the best players in the world.

If today any athlete were to put in as much effort as Milkha Singh did, he can conquer the universe and his record will remain unbroken for at least 100 years.

It doesn't feel good when you're put down, and especially for no uncertain reason.

When they remain in garrison, soldiers are maintained with fear and punishment; when they are then led to war, with hope and reward.

Every war is its own excuse. That's why they're all surrounded with ideals. That's why they're all crusades.