David Goggins Quotes

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

I don't get embarrassed by the same things that other people do. I would say that probably the biggest thing that holds people back is, 'If I do this, I'm going to look like an idiot if it doesn't work out.'

I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.

You always have nerves. And it's important to respect your nerves and your doubts. And then you have to ultimately overcome them.

Try not to worry about embarrassing yourself. That's a lifetime's task.

Any time I push through a fear, I'm proud of that.

I'm absolutely scared and I absolutely have reservations, but sometimes you need to find that deep down in you to bring out the best performance of yourself, to bring out the best version of yourself, but yep I'm nervous and I'm scared.

I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all.

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it.

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at.

I didn't have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.

Fear of failure held me back from being a DIYer for many years, especially after a few early attempts at home improvement projects went awry.

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

If I find myself afraid or scared, that means I'm doing the wrong thing.

I've played so many jobs where I'm fearless, but it's far from me. I wish I were like that in real life.

However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.

Be humble, be gracious, and make peace with inner fears before stepping out into the limelight and allowing yourself to be subjected to all of humanity.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

There have been people in my life who have told me I have to put myself out there more. But it's so hard for me to do that.