Quotes About Motivation

My parents don't press it but, you know, they're into good grades.

I think I was more or less, convinced of that by just the press, the US press. By people who were pressuring you, saying that you gotta beat the Russian's, if you don't win anything else, win the Russian meet and so forth.

In my first press conference I said, 'I'm here to win.' If you don't think that way, or any player thinks that way, why are you playing the game?

The best thing you can do as a leader when people are pressed is get the obstacles out of their way.

I don't go into any album with pressing issues. I just try to write songs.

I cannot emphasize this enough: you must have a morning routine! The way you begin your day is crucial to the rest of your day. So if you begin it by pressing snooze 15 times, chances are you're going to be running behind all day long.

Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

I don't feel pressure in a negative way. I like pressure. I feel excitement and calm at the same time. No pressure, no diamonds. I want pressure: pressure creates drama, creates emotion.

I am putting pressure on myself to do my best and perform to my potential.

The more pressure you bring from without, the less internal pressure is necessary.

The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself.

The pressure I give myself from within is what drives me.

A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect.

Pressure just makes you go a little more. I kind of like pressure.

Pressure is a positive thing and it makes no difference on your performance if it is not there.

Pressure is always in the back of your mind, but that's the pressure that drives you on and makes you perform to the best you can be.

I put a lot of pressure on myself, but I also have what I call an X-factor.

My whole football life is pressure. If I don't get pressure from outside I put pressure on myself.

I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.

The creative part of your brain needs to be stimulated. Sometimes you get blocked in the thing you do, because there's so much pressure to do it.

I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.

There's a lot of pressure we put on ourselves because we want to do well for ourselves and obviously do well for your country.

The pressure is always there to make good films, but that is more from your mindset, either you have it or you don't have it.

I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me.