Quotes About Drive

I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.

Play with passion and heart. If you don't carry passion into sport - or into any job for that matter - you won't succeed.

I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up.

If you want to touch the other shore badly enough, barring an impossible situation, you will. If your desire is diluted for any reason, you'll never make it.

I always think street but train sport.

If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.

I don't think I can play any other way but all out . . . I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it.

I've never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best

Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

I believe in the philosophy of staying hungry. If you have a dream and it becomes a reality, don't stay satisfied too long. Make up a new dream and hunt after that one and turn it into a reality.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.

If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion.

When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.

I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.

Everyone should want to excel in life. You should never take the desire to excel away from the human race.

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

Not only in the creative world but also in the sports world. The most successful achievers in sports are people that are really driven and have that spirit of hunger.

Sports are 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration.

I've always had a determination to perfect whatever I'm doing. If I can't do something, I work on it until I figure it out.

Don't be good, be great. Strive to be exceptional. Picture yourself making a great play. Don't let anyone stop you.

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.