Motivation Quotes

Be as the sailor who keeps the polestar in his eye. By so doing we may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we will maintain a true course.

Saying that you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying that you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's out of your control and it's awesome — and it's not a career path.

First come, first served.

I don’t think we’re an animal that was built to be happy; we are an animal that was built to reproduce.

In my mother's day, she didn't go to college. Not a lot of women did. Now for every two men who get a college degree, three women will do the same.

You can't be funny for funny's sake. You try to get as outrageous situation as you can but it always has to be believable and based in real character motivations and what people would really do.

Use your past successes as a trampoline, not an easy chair.

What spurs a person to get more serious is highly individual, but I have found that no matter what a person's level of ability, motivation must come from within, or it will not last.

Some people have a team of ten people - Waste of money, waste of time. I do it on my own when I'm in the ring.

It's only boxing, don't worry about it. Let's get it on!

Taking action births motivation.

I've got no interest in going over to California to fight that boring git, in a fight that no one's interested in, and that's the reason why he's trying to pimp himself out everywhere.

Back in the 1960s Africa not only fed itself, it also exported food. Not anymore.

Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real - all the opposite of what mainstream schooling actually does.

He was fortunate to fight me on a bad night because if he fights me when I'm firing on all cylinders, he's getting battered as well.

I hurt my hand on his head. He has a very hard head.

I don't benefit by minimizing his accomplishments Andre Ward.

I can be just as dirty. I could use my head or my elbows and we can we all dirty.

You don't need to go all deep and meaningful and start talking about Daddies. It's yes or no answer.

Joe Calzaghe is next. If he gets himself out that armchair, gets himself back in the gym, let's have a fight for the British fans and the rest of the world.

Bute coming over here is a big mistake.

You've got to be careful against classy fighters, especially counter-punchers because if you go for the finish too early, you can end up getting finished yourself.

Not one country in all the world has eliminated its economic participation [gender] gap - not one.

Ricky Hatton would knock Khan out. 5 years ago or now.

I've got no aspirations to become an A-list celebrity.

My first fight was a little weasel from American called Andre Dirrell. I say that because he runs and holds, and I hope Abraham bangs him out.

I've worked in pubs for years and you get people challenging you. Challenging your masculinity.

I'm personally not a Muhammad Ali fan.

In the end, the best way to succeed is to go small. And when you go small, you say no - a lot. A lot more than you might have even considered before.

If disproportionate results come from one activity, then you must give that one activity disproportionate time.

The path of mastering something is the combination of not only doing the best you can do at it, but also doing it the best it can be done.

What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind.

We all need that sometimes, to get re-sparked again. Sometimes it's different influences and different motivations; sometimes we've got to go and get back to the basics.

Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.

You've got to have the guts to not be afraid to screw up. The guys who win are the ones who are not afraid to mess up. And that comes right from the heart.

I can do everything I want to do.

The plaintiff cannot dive into the secret recesses of his (the defendant's) heart.

I said that I was gonna smash him in three rounds, and that's what I did.

Your motivation should be sincere and your life should be of benefit to some people. That is the main thing. Don't care after my death.

We have to have some form of politics. Politics is a form of resolving conflicts. Politics which comes from sincere motivation is constructive.

Chisora's not a nice man, not a nice human being.

To be a successful boxer, the last thing you need to be doing is turning up to the gym stoned. You're going to get beaten up if you do that.

Enzo get up you're making me look bad.

The nature of our motivation determines the character of our work.

You must not for one moment give up the effort to build up new lives for yourself.

I can do what I want. And I always do, do what I want.

Mum, Vitali just sent me a text, would you pass me a new pair of panties.

Behavior is motivation filtered through opportunity.

The Klit brothers should first fight each other, and the winner should fight me.

He needs to be punished because the law hasn't punished him. He's never done any hard time.