Quotes About Motivation

I grew up in a home and in a world in which you can do anything. We were all expected to go to college. My father was a doctor.

I want to go to colleges and give seminars. I want to sit down with kids in classrooms and have them challenge me.

I was inspired by people telling me I should be a comedian. I tried it and had a really good first set, so I was like, 'OK, I'll do this forever'.

When I first realized that I wanted to be a stand-up comedian was when I was in the service.

A Canadian comedian once told me that when you first go out there to imagine that you're actually just going back out for the encore, that all the clapping is because they've already seen you do your thing and they want to see more. You can train your mind to do anything.

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

I'm fighting because I want to be the best and I want to beat the best and I want to make a name for myself. I'm not fighting because I want to live comfortably for the rest of my life.

Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I'm on today.

That's the biggest part of doing comics: You have to create stuff that makes you want to get out of bed every morning and get to work.

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

For players to perform near their best every week is commendable.

I'm not a player who needs telling every day in training 'you're brilliant, you're this, you're that'... but it's always nice to hear comments from the manager and people around that you're doing well.

I don't think anything that I have done has been forced by commerce exclusively.

Commerce is in no one's hand and that should not be the only reason to make a film ever.

You need to come up with a reason to make a movie, separate from the commercial side.

My goals aren't really commercial success.

Usually I commit to something in my head and then I start drawing.

He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart.

A shared experience can energize a team toward its common goal more quickly than a direct order ever will.

Communicating and being loud is a big part of my game.

For anyone beginning CrossFit I would say find a local affiliate and get there. They have coaches and a community set up.

Our company has to be a company that enables its people.

I don't really compare myself to anybody but just try to be the best I can be.

I always compare myself to what I did last, so I've got to try and beat what I did last. I'm always upping my own bar.