Quotes About Motivation

In so many ways, a lot of the drive I've had to do certain things has been because of this sense that I have both the opportunity and in some sense the obligation to ratify that my parents' life had purpose.

When you are professional and working in a club like Everton, the obligation is to be motivated, to be focused.

I never did films for the sake of money alone or for any favour or obligation.

The basic idea of a hackathon is to erase all routine obligations for the day so that employees can clear a mental space for creativity.

When I first started making comics, I was living with a bunch of guys, old college friends. We had this deal. At the end of each day, they would ask me how far I'd gotten on my comic. And if I hadn't made my goals, they were supposed to make me feel really bad about myself. They happily obliged.

After winning a medal, many athletes give up and go into oblivion, the reason being lack of encouragement.

I spent many, many hours with my computer, and it really bugged me that it was very oblivious to my emotional state. And that kind of inspired and motivated me to build an emotionally intelligent computer.

If I have to play an obnoxious character, try to find a redeeming feature of him. The most obnoxious people in the world were people, and they had had a reason for doing what they did. So you try to find that and let the obnoxiousness come out.

I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.

I am still very observant. I am absorbed by people and why they do what they do.

Expecting to be able to get rid of the competitive drive, first of all, flies in the face of human nature - and little girls certainly have this drive, as much as little boys do, or at least the little girls I have observed in my immediate family have it.

I used to say I would never run unless I was being chased by someone with a gun. Now I'm a little obsessed with it!

I think that they way my parents raised me, they taught me to always follow my dreams and never give up, no matter what the obstacle.

I have always wanted to be the best, and it drives me every day, no matter the obstacle.

That's where I'll get the love in my heart: from, the fact that little young guys can look at the obstacles that I had to go through to become a Hall of Famer and know it's not so bad when it comes to them trying to accomplish the same goal.

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character.

I think no matter who you are or what you do in life, you should set the bar high, that way, when you do obtain those things, you can say, I did this, but if you didn't get it, you can look an see what you needed to do to get there.

It's obvious we can't all be a Gully Foyle, but most of us energize at such a low level, so far short of our real capabilities, we could all be more, do more.

Obviously, playing in front of your home crowds really does a lot for your level.

You see the likes of the Barcelonas and Real Madrids, and you always want to play against them and, obviously, Bayern Munich too.

There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect.

I'm the type of person that rises to the occasion, and when work is in front of me, I do work.

There are always people that will rise to the occasion when there is no occasion, but it is hard to find people will do it when there is.