Quotes About Motivation

I don't think revenge is enough to fuel the fire it takes to go to an Olympic Games and be successful.

I was like, 'I don't know if I could be an Olympian...' But my dad really influenced me to stay and be in the Olympics.

I feel like I'm always looking to continue improving myself. I'm always looking to win. I'm super competitive, so going into the Olympics, I feel like that's nothing different.

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.

I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.

Winning the Olympics was an amazing feeling, but afterwards, it was a bit like, 'What do I do now?' So I lost a bit of motivation going back into training and competitions; I had so much pressure on me. I kept thinking, 'I'm the Olympic champion. I can't lose' - being only 19 and having to deal with all that pressure.

Sometimes I want to be a normal kid and go to the beach, but it's so motivating to think about going to the Olympics again. I'll only be 22 years old after Rio, and I can do whatever I want.

The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning.

It's important that the Olympics are motivating to young people and inspiring to all, and the only way to do that is to ensure clean performances, free of cheating.

On the street, I'll hear, 'You made the Olympics for me,' or 'I love what you represented.' Only occasionally is it, 'You were a flop, an also-ran, a loser.'

You don't want to do sevens just for the sake of going to the Olympics. its something you've got to want to do.

I enjoyed watching 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' very much. Many such sports films should be made so that the upcoming generation draws inspiration from the sportspersons of our country, win medals at the Olympics and Asian Games, and make India proud.

You have to approach every day and try and get better on and off the field.

I'm just going to give them everything I have to give as a player and as a man on and off the field. I'm hoping with me doing that and being the leader that I am, it trickles down and becomes so contagious that everybody is doing it. That's how you change a program around with everybody buying in and believing in the same thing.

I think that's the biggest thing, just helping me grow on and off the court. It's always what I've been about, and I think that's special.

You have to believe in yourself. If you don't, things can go wrong both on and off the pitch.

Cafu was a leader on and off the pitch and it was he who invented the concept of right-backs running from corner to corner.

For me to become a professional footballer, determination was key, on and off the pitch.

I never get the feeling that I've decided rationally, cold-bloodedly to write a story. On the contrary, certain events or people, sometimes dreams or readings, impose themselves suddenly and demand attention.

It's good to get good marks, but some students take it on their heart when they score less in future. But the average student, on the contrary, keeps on trying to do something or the other to achieve his goals.

If I said it once, I'll say it again: 'We have the power to change everything.'

I always assume that one day someone will come and try to do better so you always have to go beyond your limits.

I just want to be good. I just want to be great one day.