Quotes About Motivation

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I've done it all - I'm good. Now, it's about setting an example for others to follow. I can't just talk it - I have to live it.

I actually find it's one of the things that lifts me up every day, coming to work and just seeing people always overcoming. That's something that I think a film set does so well all the time.

I didn't need to be motivated by other people overlooking me. My motivation was internal, to be better every day.

In a way, I'm overly ambitious, selfish in a way. I think because I am so active, I think that's what keeps my brain going and I can bounce things off of each other.

The process of wanting to clean India is not an overnight job. At the same time, if we can inspire all citizens, it would happen much more quickly.

Being quickest in practice is nice. It builds a lot of confidence overnight.

I was lazy and I didn't want to cook or plan my meals. That all changed - and it didn't change overnight. I had to really make conscious decisions every day and plan and cook.

Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than not, work is salvation.

To me, leadership is helping people do their best. If you define leadership that way, I don't think it's overrated.

Once I went overseas and had this real motivation to get back, I was willing to do whatever it took to stick in this league, and that's what I did.

You always have to continue working, because everybody is. Once you stop, the others will overtake you.

Coach Staley definitely had me doing overtime. It has been fun, though, man.

I lost weight to be healthy, not for any other reason. I never felt bad about being overweight, but I did start to feel tired and out of breath and I knew I needed to do something.

I never feel burdened or overwhelmed by my work. People tell you to find something you love for a career, and I have. That makes me feel very lucky.

I never really feel overwhelmed; I feel energized by what goes on in our day.

I don't feel like I'm overwhelmed from meeting people and telling my story over and over again.

But people never really "do as they're told." The difference between for-profit and volunteer organizations is that in the for-profit world people do get paid and so they are willing to give up some control to the boss, to accept at least some direction. But they don't give up all control. You couldn't pay them enough for that.

people aren't inclined to work on tasks in the wrong order, since they derive satisfaction from accomplishment, and a motivation toward meaningful accomplishment tends to steer them onto the critical path. A little pressure might decrease wasted time slightly and cause an equally slight improvement in focusing on the critical path.

The best managers use pressure only rarely and never over extended periods.

The manager's function is not to make people work, but to make it possible for people to work.

You may be able to kick people to make them active, but not to make them creative, inventive, and thoughtful.

Every villain is a hero in his own mind.

Every villain is a hero in their own mind.

I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.