There is always room at the top.
I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.
You have to make it happen.
Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.
We need to accept that the commandments of God aren't just a long list of good ideas. They aren't 'life hacks' from an Internet blog or motivational quotes from a Pinterest board.
I realized I love motivating and I love empowering and I love inspiring people. I did that as an athlete for 18 years, and I am able to do that as a motivational speaker now as well as doing work on television.
I was motivated to be different in part because I was different.
You cannot compare Pep to any Brazilian coach. If you put all Brazilian coaches together, you would get Pep. One has motivational skills, another is tactically strong. But Pep has it all.
Oh, I would love to be a motivational speaker. I have pulled myself out of a million potholes, and I can see the potholes ahead of me. That doesn't mean that I could always do that so perfectly for my own life. I totally fall in potholes.
There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!
You hope to bring your 'A Game' to any game, and of course you do in a final. You hope to bring experience, fitness, communication skills, motivational skills.
Ever since I was a kid, I knew I could play in the NFL because I had a knack for the game. But I can't play this game forever. When I'm finished, maybe I'll become a motivational speaker, maybe a preacher. But children need to know that life may be hard, but you can always overcome.
Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.
If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
Only the educated are free.
I have never moved away from my mainstay - trying to address all the environmental issues that come to me. I consult with law firms in the U.S., Australia, the U.K., Italy, Greece, and India to begin to address environmental disasters. I do motivational speaking.
You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
One of the hidden benefits of me being a student manager at Kentucky was me having the responsibility of driving Rick Pitino to his motivational speaking engagements.
My mum was massively important to everything I've done, and now her memory is a motivational tool for me.
Don't fight the problem, decide it.
Motivational talks are something I have been asked to do and i fancy taking a crack at it.
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.
Choosing a system is no longer enough, coaches have to be psychologists and motivational leaders too.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
The Gunnar Challenge offers new workouts every day, a meal plan and daily 'verbal vitamins,' which are a motivational video or workout tip. The thing that really makes the program work is the forum, where Challengers can communicate with each other and with me.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
You will never win if you never begin.
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.
The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
One finds limits by pushing them.
One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was a professional speaker. Not a motivational speaker - an inspirational speaker. Motivation comes from within. You have to be inspired. That's what I do. I inspire people, I inspire the public, I inspire my staff. I inspired the organizations I took over to want to succeed.
Never give in and never give up.
If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me.
No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.
If you've got a talent, protect it.