Quotes About Drive

They experience a 'divine discontent,' as Jeff Bezos called it," between what is and what might be—and they act.

I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place." —Nora Roberts

The drive to London was uneventful. Mr. Darley did not talk much and showed no signs whatever of bounderism—if there be such a word. He was intent on driving his car. If Bel had not been so taken up with her own thoughts she might have been considerably alarmed for Mr. Darley was the type of driver whose sole object is to get from one place to another in the least possible time regardless of the other traffic on the road.

Stay focused and stay determined. Don't look to anyone else to be your determination - have self-determination. It will take you very far.

You see, rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force. It's something very essential.

I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I'm a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what.

There should always be competition. You should never feel comfortable, no matter where you are at. If you are a 10-year veteran, you should not feel comfortable. For me, that kind of just drives me, that kind of unknown of what is going to happen. The unknown is kind of what drives me.

You've got to be a little vicious. You've got to be narcissistic. You've got to be on fire about your career.

I don't really celebrate victories. Kobe Bryant just kept playing. Michael Jordan just kept playing.

We're not the kind of people to just take a break and say everything's going good, you know, let's rest on our laurels, act like rock stars - we take it very seriously, and we certainly aren't just celebrating and doing a victory lap.

I live for the victory, I can't help myself.

It's hard to be so mentally competitive and when you're not competing you try to turn it off but it doesn't work like that. I don't think you can just turn it off, I think you still find ways to be competitive - if it's playing a video game, if it's playing cards.

I'm a competitive guy, and I love the competitive nature of video games.

Even if I hadn't won 'Drag Race,' even if I'd never been on, I'd still be working my tail off, creating live shows, magazines, videos, anything I possibly could!

In December of 1952, my first wife, Kirby, and I left Vienna to drive through the Russian sector of Austria into Yugoslavia.

Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.

I have a strong point of view, and that's a double-edged sword. It can be a phenomenal characteristic in terms of getting things done, but it can also mean I will be relentless in my pushing for my point of view.

Desire," he said, "is always better motivation than fear. Remember that, Quincy.

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.'

Doesn't matter. She'll sleep as long as you drive." "Do environmentalists know about this?

What makes one person's dreams come true when another's don't? Determination. Action. Desire.

I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.

My mother gave me my drive but my father gave me my dreams.