Quotes About Drive

I've always been a little powerhouse.

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.

I give 110 percent, and that's in practice and every game and everything.

Fighting is not what I do - it's who I am. It's what I was meant to do, what I was meant to be. I knew that right after my first MMA practice.

I am someone that is very competitive. When I'm on the field, I compete. When I'm practicing, when I'm in meetings. I'm a competitor in everything.

I am not a preacher; I'm a reacher.

If there's one thing that precedes my sleep, it's my work.

Grit can't be measured on pop quizzes, but it can often predict long-term success more than mere intelligence.

Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill.

I create from a place of passion. It's like a pregnancy, where you create from a place of passion, and then it grows, and then before you know it, you want to push that baby out.

I'm playing Premier League, but I'm still very hungry.

Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. It's not really anything; it's just a fictitious word that people have created and labeled things. Talent is like, you know, I never really believed in talent, I believed in drive and determination and preparation, but talent is sort of like luck.

If I couldn't compete, I wouldn't ride. I don't ride for fun; I ride to prepare for the next competition, and everything that I do when I am in the saddle is always a calculated step in my path to the next win.

I want to do roles which excite me, where I am eager to get up early, prepare, and reach for the shoot.

Fire is one of my temperaments. It is behind all my work... Fire is a chemical presence.

A lot of drive is innate, self-perpetuated, reinforced energy. As a kid, I could always sell anything I could get my hands on - from newspapers to lemonade to 'TV Guide.' I knew how to make a presentation.

I think that all politicians who aspire to the presidency are a little nuts, but for different reasons. What kind of person aspires to be the most powerful person in the world? The answer is someone with an internal drive that is so dynamic and so determined.

You've got to want to compete with the best of the best and when the pressure's on.

The pressure I give myself from within is what drives me.

Pressure just makes you go a little more. I kind of like pressure.

Pressure is always in the back of your mind, but that's the pressure that drives you on and makes you perform to the best you can be.

I put a lot of pressure on myself, but I also have what I call an X-factor.

I've been fortunate Daytona is a place I've run better than anywhere else, and that's a big race. Maybe it has to do with attention and pressure and the drive to do well when a lot of people are watching.

I'm so glad I never lost my drive because turns out, I was right! Now I'm finally wearing the Philippine sash in the most prestigious pageant in the world.