Quotes About Motivation

The night before we began shooting 'Hooper,' I threw a $7,000 bash for the whole crew. I told them, 'Get as drunk as you want tonight, because for the next month and a half you're going to be working your tails off.' And it worked.

My brother and me, we used to be like, 'We'll put this video out tonight, and if it did 1,000, it did good.'

My first job was being a page at 'The Tonight Show.' I saw Jack Paar come out one night and sit on the edge of his desk and talk about what he'd done the night before. I thought, 'I can do that!' I used to do that on a street corner in the Bronx with all my buddies.

I do tons of squats, jump squats, and fire hydrants.

I used to imagine what it would be like to do what Jim Brown was doing. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Tony Dorsett. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Walter Payton. I was imagining Emmitt Smith doing exactly what they were doing.

Give Obama a script he has made his own, and he is the motivational speaker to end all speakers. Tony Robbins cloned with Honest Abe.

Basically, my goal in life is to be David Hyde Pierce - go to Hollywood, make some money, come back and just win some Tony Awards.

One of the things I liked about playing Tony Gates in 'Line of Duty' was that I don't think he gave much thought to justifying his actions until he was under investigation.

Over my NFL career, I've had five head coaches who have helped me become better at my craft and have helped me become a better human being: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, John Fox, Gary Kubiak.

I will say that I wasn't susceptible to Tony Robbins-like pitches, even as a younger man.

When I started my podcast, 'The School of Greatness,' one of the top three people I wanted to get on the show was Tony Robbins.

I have such a crush on Tony Robbins and his passion, empathy, and sheer talent.

I like to tell people that I have some of the biggest mentors in the world... they just don't know I exist. Dave Ramsey, Sara Blakely, Oprah, Tony Robbins, Brendon Burchard - I've learned everything I know from their wisdom through books, podcasts and conferences.

I won the biggest amateur contest when I was 10, and I was into X Games the next year. And then I was in a 'Tony Hawk' game the next year!

I have a lot of confidence in myself, but I'm nowhere near as good as Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne. I think over time I hopefully can be.

You don't burn out from going too fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored.

Choosing a system is no longer enough, coaches have to be psychologists and motivational leaders too.

If you're going to have to swallow a frog, you don't want to have to look at that sucker too long!

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

It's never too late to be great.

It's never too late to go out and get that feeling back.

Our message to parents is to focus on the process the child engages in, such as trying hard or focusing on the task - what specific things they're doing rather than, 'You're so smart. You're so good at this.' Although it's never too late to change, what you do early matters.

Remember that it's never too late and you're never too old to get the body you were born to have.

In online learning environments, it is often hard to tell whether a student is struggling. By the time test scores are lagging, it's often too late - the student has already quit.