Quotes About Motivation

I think I'm less disciplined than a lot of other people, I'm afraid, but on the other hand, I've written a lot of books.

I'm not a disciplined person.

I'm tough on the players. I think you need to be tough on them so they can be disciplined.

I created 'Disco Abs' so you could have as much fun getting in shape as I do.

In making certain things easier for people, technology has actually demotivated people from using their brains. We have all these devices that keep us connected, and yet we're more disconnected than ever before. Why is that?

Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.

It is discouraging a little bit to look up at the board and see that we're about 30 points behind our points goal for a competition.

I've now discovered that if you know what you want and try hard to achieve it, everyone else will try hard, too.

I listen to lots of artists. But I remember discovering John Mayer, whose music made me want to write my own. And so I did.

Comparison is a disease. I never felt any competition, since I never compared myself to others. I only focus on my work. I never feel pressurised and do films in my style. Also, I'm very active since childhood, and that gives me the edge to always put my best.

Those who say they're not ambitious are being disingenuous.

Work appealed to me; school did not. I was a disinterested, bored student.

I've never disliked a character I've played. I've always tried to find the humanity and the reasons for what he does.

Before Arthur, I'd dismissed altogether writing fiction. You only have so many semi-sharp arrows in your quiver, I'd told myself, and I was not going to be able to write a novel.

If you go into something saying, 'I'm the bad guy,' you do yourself a disservice as an actor. It's always about trying to find the humanity in a character.

I have a very distinct goal all the time that I'm working toward, and I love the way it makes me live.

I knew 'Crenshaw' had elevated me and distinguished me.

Proud 2 Pay - that's something that distinguishes me, that's something that defines me, and we're going to keep that going.

I procrastinate so much and I get distracted by anything.

At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.

Sport instils discipline, and it's a distraction.

Sports and management are not as diverse as people think.

It is vitally important for me to concentrate on myself, on the work that I have to do on the track and off it with the engineers, without really thinking about what people are expecting from me on the outside.

I'd much rather have that pressure than be at the end of the field and no one expecting you to win. That's the kind of pressure that you've got to enjoy and love.