Quotes About Self-motivation

Life is always full of challenges. I believe you're never happy unless you're consistently making challenges for yourself.

There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

I developed a sense of maturity when it comes to being dependent upon other people. I don't feel anyone really truly wants me to win more than I do.

Your body is like a machine, and if you don't keep it in shape, it holds you back. You don't want anything holding you back, especially yourself.

One hundred percent my mother, who would always say, "If you want something done, do it yourself." She must have said that 100 times to me - as a child, as a young woman, yesterday on the phone.

People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. You want something, go get it.

For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.

Discipline is what you use when you don't want to do something, when you have to force yourself.

In life we want to challenge ourselves...

You always have to challenge yourself or else you get soft. Right?

It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.

If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself.

A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

I always pushed myself. Whenever I felt I needed to stop, I made myself run faster.

I'm in competition with myself. Always have been. It's up to me to be as good as I can be.

It's something I've always wanted to do but never did. With work and everything it's hard to find the time to do things for yourself. So I just thought one day, fuck it, do it. And I did. Or at least I'm trying.

I wasn't good at football when I was young but I made myself get good at football because of my mentality.

My biggest competitor? Myself, mentally.

I know how strong I am mentally, how I work on myself.

My biggest mentor is myself, I've always felt.

Most of the people I know who are having trouble finding their life work are somewhat passive in style. They wait for something good to happen to them rather than make strong positive moves.

I am my own biggest critic ... I'm constantly criticizing myself, constantly trying to find ways to better myself and ... compete and, you know, just be the best.

He can't keep this up forever, Joanne. Stop fucking around." Did other people have little voices in their heads that said things like that?