Quotes About Motivation

I love when people think I'm not a good receiver.

Obviously as a receiver, you want to go out there and make plays for your team and win.

All the appreciation I have been receiving has been very encouraging. It pushes me to do better.

I think everyone shares a fear of failure - that you're only as good as your most recent collection. That's definitely a fear, but it's a fear that fuels me, that makes me want to work harder, that makes me take on more challenges.

I'll give my all on the pitch, as I have in recent years. That's what is important. We will give our all to win something.

As an entrepreneur and employer, in the fairly recent past I have been astonished at how difficult it has been to get young people to take the idea of getting a job seriously.

My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that 'life is not about what happens to you but about what you do with what happens to you.' She recently had been cajoling me and challenging me to do more with my life. To lead more of a purposefully public life.

Actually just recently I came up with that idea, watching the movie 'Legally Blonde' and I was like, 'Cool, that's something I want to do.'

I rode in a nine-day charity ride recently, averaged 43km a day and still finished in the lead group. I'm 38, not quite finished yet.

One of the first big agencies that represented me, my point person there - this was over 10 years ago, so it's no one who I work with now or have worked with recently - but he told me that I was too ambitious.

I am an ambassador for a nonprofit organization and I love being able to help people crush their barriers. I recently wrote a book. I want to do more with my life and help people do more with their lives, whatever that looks like.

I'm always like, 'Well, let's not rest on a critical acclaim or on a incredible review or on a great reception.'

That's how I've had success my whole life. That's the recipe for me, just locking in on the moment. But I start thinking about getting paid and all this other stuff, and my mind is not right. It makes it really tough to focus on what you've got to do.

I reckon people's attitude to us is a challenge that motivates you to show them what this band can do.

Like any good RPG, 'Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning' is adept at digging its claws into that part of your brain that just loves accomplishing things.

I am a living example of Modi's capacity to recognise talent and to reason.

I always want to push myself as far as possible; I always want to be up there and recognised as a good goalie and have people appreciate what you do.

Ask any keeper what it's like when there's a recognised No. 1, the competition might not be as high. You're after that competition because it drives you on further.

I started to get my doctorate, not to be called 'doctor.' Those are just little things you get to get recognition.

If I'm a content creator, and I get recognition for my work, that's going to motivate me to spend even more time on my next production and make it even better.

Of course it's nice to get recognition, but I'm not looking for it. I just do my thing. If it comes, it comes. But it's not what you play for.

Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come from a simple family, and for me getting into modeling was a chance to make money and create a business.

I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money - they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt.

I mean, for me, the reason I ride my bike and race is because I love doing it, not because I'm seeking recognition for it.