Quotes About Motivation

This has resulted in more and more people becoming inner-directed and having as their only goal, getting as much as they can get out of the system and putting as little into it as possible.

The team is very enthusiastic - everyone is trying hard to do their best, and everyone is putting a lot of effort in to moving forward and getting the right results and it's a very good, close-knit team.

A big part of fixing AOL is getting AOL to believe in itself.

Trying to outplay my sister or come out from her shadow, I think that gave me an edge, or a chip on my shoulder. That's where the flair and a little bit of the drama came from.

I believe in myself and maybe people take that as cocky and flash but in this game you have to believe in yourself or you won't get anywhere.

Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.

I don't want to be doing a job where I'm not doing a job, just sitting around in my flat just bored.

I do crunches to keep those abs going strong and flat. I'm not a sedentary person.

No one gets beat by 61 and then come out and plays flat the next game.

I think I was always driven because I came from absolutely nothing. I was that piece of rubbish from a block of flats on a council estate.

I'm not trying to be an inspiration, but I'm flattered to be considered one.

When you're watching people in non-title fights making four times the amount of money that a champion makes, it takes away the flavor of being a champion.

Nobody asked you to flip burgers for the rest of your life.

I think we are here to challenge ourselves and make ourselves better people and not just sit around in the world simply floating through life. You should be trying to do something great and making yourself better. You should be trying to evolve. That's what I'm trying to do, and that is very important to me.

If I get a commission, it's like a flood of creative thought and energy.

Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.

There's a lot of talented guys, but at the end of the day, you've got to go out there and get it. It's really about who's competing and who wants it more on both ends of the floor.

That's what I'm a big believer in, giving everyone touches and energy on both ends of the floor.

As a player you do kind of see you might need to get something going. Maybe it's diving on the ball, diving on the floor for a loose ball. Or maybe it's something that'll just energize the team, a lob dunk or a great pass or a great defensive play or an open shot, anything.

I think I have the ability to be athletic on both ends of the floor, so I just need to go out there and play with a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm.

The biggest thing is bringing energy and leadership on both ends of the floor. The player I want to be, and know I can be, that caliber, does so.

I think one of my main things is I lead by example. I'm not going to be just talking, talking, talking and sitting on the side saying you have to do that or this. I'm going to be the first one over there in practice, diving on the floor, whatever it takes to really get it going.

I have to be someone; maybe I'm just doing it for my father. When I made a movie, it had to be a hit because when he died, he was a flop director.

Nobody ever sets out to make a flop, but it's going to happen. You have to pick yourself up, dust yourself down and say: 'Right, we go again.'