Quotes About Motivation

Speeches? I don't ever feel like I'm giving a speech. I don't look at myself as a motivational speaker.

When I am working out, I listen to inspirational speeches.

People always need to hear good motivational speeches.

I'm not one for those motivational speeches. I've always been more of an example guy.

I would say almost 60 percent of working with Kanye - let's say 53 percent of working with Kanye - is speeches.

When I was in high school, people would ask me what I wanted to do, and I would always say I wanted to 'lead marches and give speeches.'

Always, with speeches, I feel like it's an opportunity to say something.

Everything Bernie Sanders says in his speeches is based on facts and is about empowering people, not making them angry.

If I had my career over again? Maybe I'd say to myself, speed it up a little.

When I saw the 2010 Games and speed skating, I had a change of heart. I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.

I already have natural speed, which I don't need to work on, so in training I've been working more on my endurance.

I train with track athletes, which is weird for bobsledders. I love training with track athletes because they help me work on my speed, and they give me something to cheer for during the Summer Olympics.

I kind of have one speed that I know, and that's to go as hard as I can.

It was when I first tried a go-kart in '96. I saw a go-kart race locally, and that got me excited about it, and I wanted to try one. When I got to try one, I just loved the speed and after that it became more about how to improve the lap time and all the details and that.

Growing up I've watched Lewis and aspired to have some of his attributes, mainly his speed. His raw pace is probably the best of everyone on the whole grid, so there are bits you want from different drivers.

A lot of the people I know, they don't train like that. They do a lot of quick stuff, just speed drills. But I run long distance. I've always been like that, though, even when I was in high school. That's just how I train myself.

It's hard to criticise Ronaldo. When we come back from an away game at 4 A.M., he is one of the players that goes straight to the training complex to jump in cold water to accelerate the speed of his recovery. He is an example to follow.

At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You may as well push.

I've always kept writing. There's never been a moment where I went through a spell where I just don't write.

If you spend time with your loved ones, you get the energy to do your job better.

Don't spend your time dreaming, live life now.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

There has to be something about your business that gets you excited. Otherwise, you probably wouldn't have spent your precious - irreplaceable - time on it.

I've spent half my life in gyms, if not more, and I love physical fitness and health; couple that with the fact that I love for people to be healthy, whether it's mentally, physically, or emotionally, and it's just a great opportunity for me to do something I love and have an impact on people's health.