Quotes about motivation
motivational teamwork history
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. Althea Gibson
motivation careers actresses
I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career. Anne Parillaud
motivational disappointment book
Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book. Anita Desai
motivation humility writing
While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental truth of his writing, his grand humility: that we frequently do not know our own motivations in life and are prisoners to what we cannot understand. We can recognize only a small fragment of our own, and an even smaller fragment of anyone else's, impetus. Andrew Solomon
motivation father people
The way my father raised me, we don't pat ourselves on the back. We don't call ourselves great, we let other people do that. Andre Ward
motivation fighter happens
I told myself that I'll do everything within my power to never let that happen again. Andre Ward
motivation thinking want
I think he takes a good shot, I take a good shot too, but taking too many shots is not good for any fighter. And it's not really a reputation you want. Andre Ward
motivation size fighter
It's not about size, it's a science. Andre Ward
motivation fighter knockouts
You can still entertain without getting a knockout. Andre Ward
motivation eye class
Anybody that's in my weight class, above me or beneath me, I keep an eye on. Andre Ward
motivation fighting winning
This fight should be dubbed, 'No Excuses.' If Carl Froch beats me, there won't be any excuses. I beat Carl Froch, there shouldn't be any excuses. No judges, no referees, no nothing. May the best man win. Andre Ward
motivation fighting fighter
What you gotta understand is, in this conversation and in our fight, you're not in control. Andre Ward
motivation fans fighter
I'm just excited that the fans are going to get their money's worth, and you can't say that a lot of the times. Andre Ward
motivation thinking champion
I think Bute would have to face off with the Super Six Champion to prove that he's the best Super Middleweight. You come out of a tournament like this on top, that demands a lot of respect and carries a lot of weight. Andre Ward
motivation fighting thinking
He says he was physically not right, that's fine but the mentality, even if you're not right, you're still in a fight and you still show what you have deep down inside, and I don't think he showed the mettle that he needed to show in that fight in order to beat a guy like Miranda. Andre Ward
motivation fighting sick
Even if you are sick, you fight until you have nothing left. Andre Ward
motivation fighting champion
I'm not going to say that I'm the best, we respect our champions. Floyd's been doing this a lot longer than me, he's been a lot of mega fights and I won't dare say that I'm better than Floyd Mayweather. Andre Ward
motivation book men
I'm not gloating over Chad Dawson, he's still the man in my book. Andre Ward
motivation thinking boxing
I don't abuse my body, I've been off 10 months, I still train and I'm always thinking about boxing, so I felt like I would be fine and I just wanted to challenge myself against another top caliber fighter. Andre Ward
motivation fighting night
I like to talk come fight night, that's how I do it, but I'm not a pushover. Andre Ward
motivation wife people
A lot of people look for you to change. Everything has stayed the same. Financially, this is God's money, and my wife and I are just stewards of it. Andre Ward
motivation giving-up school
In the school of boxing that I come from, that's frowned upon, giving up free shots, cos we know what those kinda shots do to a man's career, regardless of whether it shows up now, or shows up when you least need it. It takes a toll. Andre Ward
motivation years feet
I got knocked down, I don't know how many years ago and I haven't been off my feet since, and I responded again against the best in division without the respect of having the chin I'm supposed to have. Andre Ward
motivation men fighter
He's built up to be invincible and no man is invincible, any man can be knocked out. Andre Ward
motivation lazy fighter
I don't rest on my laurels and start getting lazy. It makes me just wanna keep working. Andre Ward
motivation winning way
That's what makes a fighter. I got dropped and I got back up, and I found a way to get the win. Andre Ward
motivation fighting challenges
Every fighter is my toughest challenge to date. After I get done with one fight, the next challenge is the toughest. Andre Ward
motivation winning thinking
I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation. Andy Murray
motivational drinking beer
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Ambrose Bierce
motivation believe inspiration
We're losing a ritual. We're losing a ritual that I believe is transformative, transcendent, and is at the heart of the patient-physician relationship. Abraham Verghese
motivational destiny omission
The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny. Abraham Verghese
motivation inspiration hands
The most important innovation in medicine to come in the next 10 years: the power of the human hand. Abraham Verghese
motivational spring two
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest. Abraham Lincoln