Clint Dempsey Quotes

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

When faced with an obstacle or uncertainty in your abilities, use it as an opportunity to grow your talents.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.

I try to take things that challenge me either physically or mentally, or I have to learn a new skill.

Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.

Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty.

Your ability to adapt to failure, and navigate your way out of it, absolutely 100 percent makes you who you are.

So you've got to test the envelope, find out what are your abilities and if you falter, pick yourself up and test it again. Otherwise, what is it all about, you know?

It takes facing obstacles to grow strong enough to overcome them.

I feel like what's made me the player I am is always being willing to take the challenge.

What I've learned is, there's not just one way to achieve a goal. There can be obstacles along the way and it's how you learn from that that will really make you a success.

There are going to be certain aspects of anything you do that you're going to have to become stronger.

Later in life, when my kids struggle to understand a tricky concept or master a new skill, I want them to have the strength and experience to tell themselves, 'I don't know how to do this... yet!' I want them to be confident that, even if something seems challenging today, they have what it takes to figure it out.

Dont give up. Obstacles can be overcome through strategy and learning.

When faced without a challenge, make one

Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.

Every challenge is nothing more than a chance to make things better.

I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself.

If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.

Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut down, but those who are relaxed about doing badly soon learn to do well. Success is built on failure.

Life is about challenges and how we face up to them and the attitude we take into every day life so hopefully we'll be able to motivate people to do more with their life.

Where I am right now I'm pretty good at. You know, I understand that there's a problem. I'm addressing it. I'm doing the work that I have to do.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it.

I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.