David Goggins Quotes

Do not let your spirit be influenced by your body, or your body be influenced by your spirit. Be neither insufficiently spirited or over spirited. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.

You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists.

It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity.

It seemed to Alabama that, reaching her goal, she would drive the devils that had driven her - that, in proving herself, she would achieve that peace which she imagined went only in surety of one’s self - that she would be able, through the medium of the dance, to command her emotions, to summon love or pity or happiness at will, having provided a channel through which they might flow. She drove herself mercilessly, and the summer dragged on.

I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron.

Your enemy shall ye seek; your war shall ye wage, and for the sake of your thoughts! And if your thoughts succumb, your uprightness shall still shout triumph thereby!

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

There's this idea that, 'All I have at the end of the day is my mind.' That's the only thing you can control. I believe that.

Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.

I've always been good at handling stuff mentally.

I firmly believe in mind over matter.

I was able to convince my body that I could take it and nobody could hurt me. I might've gotten cut, stitches over my eyes. Broken nose. Broken hands. But I never really got hurt.

I never think of physical fighting. It's always spiritual. Fighting is spiritual.

You know so little of war. Battles may be fought from the outside in, but wars are won from the inside out.

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you.

So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even one, that's the journey of the warrior. (68)

While they flail about, you will remain calm in the knowledge that you possess strength from within.

It's hard to be strong and be weak at the same time. So I spent a lot of time sitting still. Sitting still for hours, not moving a muscle. Really concentrated work, so I'm ready. I'm ready for my performance.

If you're strong enough on the inside, you can handle anything that comes at you on the outside.

I had to hold my head up high and put a bold face on things, but the thoughts keep coming anyways.

If I am good enough and quiet enough, perhaps after all they will let me go; but it’s not easy being quiet and good, it’s like hanging on to the edge of a bridge when you’ve already fallen over; you don’t seem to be moving, just dangling there, and yet it is taking all your strength.