Quotes About Motivation

Very early on, when I started doing these plays and live shows, I would travel from city to city, and there were a million shows out there... so I wanted to step out among it, and I started putting my name above the title.

Every time someone told me I couldn't, I did. I'm still the same guy who's responsible for one of the better Intercontinental runs of all time and changing that title.

Klopp impresses me so much that I say I want to win the title for this man.

Jon Jones is awesome and won his first world title at 23 and 8 months. I believe I can do it before then.

All I know is that Stipe gave me inspiration because if Stipe can be that UFC champion, and they actually gave him a title shot, then I'm like, 'Ah, I do have a chance.'

Definitely the title, definitely Kamaru Usman interests me.

Ever since I won the world title I've been getting so much love from my people, from a lot of different people. But I know the hunger remains there because I don't want to let my people down or my kids down.

When you are getting to No. 1 you're always chasing a dream. And then when you're there your focus changes because the expectation to defend that title is massive.

A lot of people said I would never make it, and this and that, I'd never be a top 10 fighter, that I'd never fight for a title. Just stuff like that. Achieving all those goals and being the person that I am, this is going against everything everyone said I couldn't do.

I'm a prize fighter. Titles don't pay bills. I fight for money. I'm making money. They're making money. Everybody's making money. That's what this is all about.

Teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are going to be very, very motivated to go for the titles.

Looking at everything I've done in my career as a footballer, at all the titles, I believe that what's hugely important is motivation.

The titles are important forever; it doesn't matter when you win. They keep you motivated to win the Premier League and the Champions League.

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title.

I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.

I think that titles are for, I don't know, books and stuff. I just like doing what I'm doing.

As an athlete you want to be able to choose something that you haven't already achieved. Is it different distances, or do you come back and defend your titles? It depends what your coach says.

I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.

Personal titles aren't something which motivate me.

I want all the titles.

Words and titles can be used as dictums and guides for all of us. A certain word can suddenly snap us back to a good place. 'Rocker' works for me.

I swore to myself that I was never going to lose again, and that's what drives me still. More than money, more than titles, more than fame, it's the desire not to be defeated.

I believe I'll still be winning world titles at 50 and beyond.

I didn't have anything to prove to begin with to anybody else. I didn't start out doing this because I wanted to win awards or titles. I like martial arts, I like training, I like the lifestyle.