Brad Bird Quotes

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

In order to win, you must expect to win.

Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.

I've always believed my success in the entertainment business is an inevitability. You have to believe that; you have to be an optimist.

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable.

Never think you can't do something. I definitely never thought I could write a book, and even after I started writing it, I was like, 'Oh my God, how am I gonna write a book?' Just set your sights high and reach for the stars. Go live your dreams, and never think you can't.

If you have something you want to do in your mind, you will do it.

I learned that if I put my mind to something vocally, I can pull it off. You just have to get your head-space right.

Learning how to win comes with switching the onus of pressure away from yourselves and then seizing your moment.

If you start with the premise that whatever you want to be is going to happen, it changes the way you think about it.

I think there's no limit to ambition, and if you want something, you can make anything happen, so go for it.

I was on 'Strictly' because I was getting stage fright. I was taught that I had to imagine what a good outcome would be and be happy with it.

You keep dreaming big, never put the limit on your dreams, and believe that everything can come true.

A lot of people don't start something because of fear because they're scared of a negative outcome. Whereas I believe if you focus on negativity, you'll make nothing of your life.

Every time I have a dream, somehow I accomplish it.

I believe that thinking positively and envisioning the best possible outcome can add to your achievements.

My mindset is to go out there and be confident, believe in yourself, visualizing success and visualizing plays you're gonna make in games.

I work so hard to make that sure I'm successful. If you're positive and really excited and enthusiastic about what you're doing, it's going to happen, and it's going to happen big time.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.

Once I decide I want to do something, I just work really hard and I do it, and I just know it's going to work. I think really positively.

In order to get what you want, you must first decide what you want. Most people really foul up at this crucial first step because they simply can't see how it's possible to get what they want, so they don't even let themselves want it.