Quotes About Motivation

My fifth grade teacher Mr. Straussberger noticed I was having trouble with some of my book reports, but he knew I loved to draw. He gave me extra credit if I did a drawing from the book that I was reading.

As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.

My father's NFL dreams never really felt like motivation to me, but it was something to aspire to. He was such a great athlete, the least I could do is try and use my athletic talent to represent my country in a different way. He represented as a Marine. Maybe I could do something to represent as an athlete.

We always talk about how important representation is. It's so important to see someone that looks like you - whether you're African American, Asian, Indian or whatever your background is - doing incredible things. It's just motivation to go out there and do incredible things yourself.

Definitely my 'why' in WWE is the representation and being a role model for everyone out there. Anyone who looks to me as an inspiration is why I do this.

For me, I would say always try to figure out what your why is. For me, a lot of it is being a role model, representation, look at the bigger picture.

I first decided to run for Congress when I was 29 - and became a Representative at the age of 30.

When I began my life journey, we'd survive on Rs 500 a month as a family. As time passed and I started playing for the country, this Rs 500 multiplied manifold, but it was not the money that mattered: it was the fact that I was fulfilling my ambition of playing cricket on the highest platform, representing my country.

When I started fighting, it wasn't about being an idol or representing my people. It was like the furthest, furthest, furthest thing from that.

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents.

For many players the opportunity to be able to play with Messi represents a huge incentive.

It doesn't matter who you are. It can happen to anybody. We have Kenyan, Dominican Republic and even Scandinavian Olympic gold medalists. All you need is will power.

The thing that people have said over and over again, especially people who don't cook, is, 'I watch your show, the food makes me hungry, and I think I can make that.' That's exciting because we've heard that a lot of people watch cooking shows but don't make the food.

But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I'm not going to go to bed hungry, I'm not going to wear hand-me-down clothes.

I'm as hungry as ever.

I am hungry for good work.

I'm hungry. Always have been, my whole career.

You have to remember you're an artist and get hungry.

Artists are supposed to stay hungry.

I am ambitious and hungry to succeed.

I'm hungry and ambitious.

When you experience lows like I have it just makes you hungry to go and succeed even more, and make sure days like that don't happen as much as they have done.

I've had to fight every year. That's kept me hungry.

I don't look at it like I've had a lot of success. I'm always hungry to do more, break records, and things of that sort.