Quotes About Success

Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.

I couldn't ever go back home without being something. I probably would never have gone back home. That was definitely a big motivation. To get back home, and not empty-handed.

You have competition throughout your whole life, and it only makes you better. That competitive edge gives you extra motivation.

There is a lot of motivation for me at Napoli, we want to prove we're at the top level and I want to keep improving here.

I never went to acting school; when someone expounds on motivation and all that stuff, I don't understand it. I was just lucky to be able to do what I did. When I started, people said I was very natural, which I guess is difficult for a lot of people to be.

In my case, my life has changed and improved because different things have motivated me. For example, in the beginning, my motivation was to help my family. Later on, my motivation was to be the best.

I could have gone to a bigger school. I use it as motivation going to a school that loved me. I wanted to put them on the map and show everyone that you don't need to go to a top school to make it in the NBA.

The biggest motivation for me is my desire to be the best.

When you get kicked, you must know that the response is to play better. That is the way I have always thought. That is an extra motivation for me to play better.

Hopefully my books are improving. One of the ways I find motivation to improve is looking at someone who is already at a high level and continues to get better with each book. That's really what you want to emulate.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

I'd much rather leave £2bn to charity, or £3bn or £4bn, than £1bn. That is my motivation to carry on working as hard as I do.

My motivation at the moment is around knowing how it feels to turn a business around, and I can't wait to have that feeling again.

My motivation wasn't really to get a $95 million contract, you know?

We're all trying to catch up with Beyonce. We're all running a race, and Beyonce is up there, and we're all just trying to run and get there. That's my motivation.

Knowing the opportunity to win a championship here in Chicago, right now, that's the main motivation for me.

When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation?

I grew up with nothing, and that was my motivation.

I wanted to be Deco, Titi Camara, or Pascal Feindouno when I was young, and now there are kids with my name on the back of their shirts! That is such a big motivation for me, and I hope I continue to show them that, with courage and determination, they can achieve anything.

I like to give kids motivation and tell them my story.

I dream of being champion and dream going out as champion. That's my biggest motivation.

In adversity, you have to find motivation to continue and do well.

My main motivation is to prove I'm No. 1 in the world.

I know people know how good I am playing basketball... All I do is just use it as motivation: keep getting better, keep doing the same stuff and doing it even better.