Quotes About Willpower

Baird finally understood. For some reason, she was determined to resist him. Well, they would see how long that lasted when his scent began working on her. How long she could hold out when he was at last allowed to touch her.

If you think I can't do it, I'll show you I can do it. Just remaining confident. Because if you don't, it's going to chip away at you and it'll take everything away from you.

I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how many points I could score because if I couldn't guard anybody, I wasn't going to make the team. I knew to make the team I had to become a better defender. If you can play offense, you can defend. It just comes down to competitive will.

I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.

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.

You can say that I cut off on my non-vegetarian food, chocolates and ice cream and nothing else.

I never thought that I couldn't do what I set out to do. It wasn't from arrogance; it was from ignorance.

But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.

I love people that, in the face of falling off a cliff, still want to fight about something that happened five minutes ago, going, 'Now, you know I'm right about that,' even though they're facing imminent doom.

I'm very strong willed and I'm very impatient as well.

It's a fist fight - the idea is to go out there and impose my will.

I really feel that if you impose your will on somebody, eventually they'll break.

Being fit helps me improve my concentration, my will power and even my determination.

I need to protect myself from my own addictive impulse.

If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

one of the most decisive factors enduring a borderline situation is the WILL TO SURVIVE. -Reinhold Messner

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

Man is always the strongest.

Saying yes to the skinny jeans by saying no to the donuts.

The secret is in absolutely refusing to let the river beat you down.

I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!

Go beyond wishing, and hoping, and decide.

In all ways I can