Bryant H. McGill Quotes

I get angry if I do things wrong, but that's what keeps me going. I want to do my best.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

Realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

Never allow yourself to dwell upon your weaknesses, deficiencies, or failures. Holding firmly the ideal and struggling vigorously to attain it will help you to realize it.

I don't see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, 'I'ma do that,' and they do it. That's it. There's no scientifical process.

What Fred Lebow went through was an inspiration for me. You have to set goals for yourself.

I don't think anybody should do what they do in hopes of being successful. But I always expect myself to be successful at things. And if I'm not, I feel bad. I don't care for failure. I've failed at a number of things, and it's not my favorite state of mind. So I prefer success.

Every year you want to keep elevating you. And that's what I want to do.

I think if you want to prove something to yourself and not fail there's only one choice and that's to work.

That's the type of person I am - I always want to do better.

I always want to do things that really have to be done, something that's a challenge - and I'm trying not to repeat myself.

I'm constantly trying to become the best. That's kind of how I'm driven. Sometimes I'm not. I kind of focus on when I'm not than when I am. That's probably something I need to switch.

I'm always trying to improve.

I never expected to become an actor at all. You can do anything you put your mind to it!

Fear of failure is a great thing. It pushes you past your comfort levels.

I know I need a work ethic to match my talent.

I want to keep getting better.

Your life, my life, the life of each one of us is going to serve as either a warning or an example. A warning of the consequences of neglect, self-pity, lack of direction and ambition... or an example of talent put to use, of discipline self-imposed, and of objectives clearly perceived and intensely pursued.

I'm inspired on a daily basis by my personal goals. I make it a habit to write down what it is that I want to accomplish. And I check that list. I keep myself accountable. My kids inspire me, of course. My ambition inspires me. I want to win at everything that I do in life. I understand that it takes hard work to reach my goals and I'm prepared to do it. My confidence comes from preparation. So I spend a lot of my time preparing.

Before you go out there and try to conquer the universe... get your act together.

I don't know what drives me to succeed. I know I want to always do the best I can. I never was like that as a kid.

So see every opportunity as golden, and keep your eyes on the prize - yours, not anybody else's.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

There's the push and pull you put on yourself and the push and pull the world puts on you. Most of the time, the world's going to win out, because it's just logical that you should be more successful and more motivated. You can always be more.