Quotes About Motivation

I really don't chase songs. I get in the studio, I know what I gotta do; I'm pretty much programmed to do it.

Most kids are not dreaming of being programmers, scientists or engineers.

I'm in the factory a lot so I see how hard the guys work, but you never really know how quickly and effectively the other teams' development programmes are going until you get to the track. It's only then that we will be able to tell.

Other than my foundation - mentoring programs - everything I do is for money.

We must always set the bar high, otherwise we do not progress.

When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people to make progress, they have to get feedback and information on how they're doing.

Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.

If you're trying to diet, what do you do? You grab your two friends and say, 'We're going to the gym; let's do this together.' Money shouldn't be any different. If you're trying to make progress, if you're trying to save more, we really need to be able to get support.

I don't know if I'm so much fueled by trying to one-up myself so much as passionate about coming up with new and greater challenges. I don't see it as a contest, but as a natural progression.

I kept going because I just love football. But you get to the point where you're not getting the rewards or seeing any progression and that knocks your enthusiasm. That's why I decided to come to Oxford.

People get inspired by Salman Khan, Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger. But, body sculpting is a gradual progression.

If you're doing anything disruptive, and if you know it to be good and true and progressive, let the naysayers fuel you to work harder and go faster and sleep less.

I am constantly hungry for growth and that's what drives me. Success or failure of a project doesn't drive me.

You never undertake a project because you think other people will like it - because that way lies madness - but rather because you believe in it.

I have done films only for the sake of money and sometimes, I have been duped into believing that the film is a sensible project.

When you're excited about a project, sometimes it's hard to put a script down.

I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project.

I think for me to find that project is going to be something that I'm going to have to develop for myself.

No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project.

When I start something, I know people I am working with, it's a project they're interested in.

I've had to learn and discipline myself that I'm much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It's just that simple.

There's competition in every field, and that's healthy. It makes you work harder and be your best. Competition, not in terms of money or number of projects, but in the quality of your work, is very healthy.

In my career, I thought I've never wanted to get anywhere in particular. I just wanted to work with interesting people on interesting projects.

People so far have been very fond of the Robert Altman movie, as I am, and when one things goes well it shines light on your other projects and now I seem to have a number of projects that are moving forward.