Quotes About Success

I didn't get into MMA because I wanted to be UFC champion. That wasn't my motivation.

Being adopted was my motivation to help others by first becoming successful.

My motivation is that I try to get myself to a certain point, and I want to win as much as I can in my career.

My motivation is like it is always, try to be the best and try to win, that is part of my character.

My motivation is only for us to win a championship. Anything else, I'm not concerned about.

A final is a final, and is motivation in itself.

Hate equals motivation. Five years ago, I was known as Doc Rivers's son, and now I'm known as my own person, and that's through hard work.

Everyone wants more money, but if the motivation is money it's not going to work, if that's the only thing you want.

My motivation is to be the best I can be.

You don't step back and have less motivation when you get older, the opposite is true. You become more focused, more professional in terms of things like looking after your body and more determined because you can see all the younger players coming up, looking for your place.

I have had bad times, but I never lost my motivation to work and make an effort so that in the moments I got to play I could be at my best.

A lot of people may have had their doubts or whatever in me. And that was just motivation, that was fuel.

You see people say: 'He should go back to baseball. He should do this; he should do that.' Those are people who said I would never even make it here. There's always another hurdle to go over, and it's fun to use that as motivation.

It's not like I want to be famous but it's a great motivation for me. If you have good attention, you feel more excited.

To me, in this league, if your only motivation is what everyone else says, you're probably not going to be here that long.

Many are called but few get up.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Competition among schools is always a great motivator.

I don't feel I'm in competition with anyone. My sense is of it being like school: I don't want to beat anyone but I don't want to get left behind. That's a great motivator. I like impressing my friends.

I feel like I'm a good motivator; I'm very determined.

Money's important, but it isn't a motivator for me.

Henry Cejudo is a motivator.

The main thing in measuring integrity is someone's motive and intent, not how many records they sell. Our intent in Ministry was never to be big. We just wanted to make enough money to live and to buy a studio, which we have done in Austin.

When you do well, everybody's after you, and sometimes the motives are legitimate, and sometimes it's envy and jealousy.