Lucas Moura Quotes

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

I'm not the type to pat myself on the back and all that, but somebody has to be lucky, right? When I got to Dallas, I was struggling - sleeping on the floor with six guys in a three-bedroom apartment. I used to drive around, look at the big houses, and imagine what it would be like to live there and use that as motivation.

Having no legs doesn't mean you can't drive fast and I wasn't going to be happy scoring the odd point. I thought it was possible to win and went for it.

I am still hungry; I still hate defeats. There is no substitute for victories.

The more medals I win, the more my ambitions and confidence levels increase.

My dream is always to win the championship and I will keep fighting to achieve what I want.

Believe in your dreams and work hard for them.

When you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.

I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me.

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

I learned at a very early age that life is a battle. My family was poor, my neighborhood was poor. The only way that I could get away from the awfulness of life, at that time, was at the movies. There I decided that my big aim was to make money. And it was there that I became a very determined woman.

I can't say I'm surprised I was successful. I was determined - and I got it.

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

We want people who come from humble backgrounds and have a need to win.

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.

Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It's the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.

Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.

Philly gave me my ambition and drive to get more. It's a reminder to stay on top of my game. That's not a place I want to go back to.

A dream without ambition is like a car without gas... you're not going anywhere.

As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life - no matter how impossible it seems - you need to fight for it.

I think everyone has dreams, and it's just how you go about pursuing that. And I think anybody can do anything that they set their mind to. So if you set your mind to do something, and you exhaust every opportunity, I think you're going to get there.

If I can inspire people by showing that following a dream by working hard and being determined is possible, it's amazing.

If you're not in the game to win, you shouldn't be in the game.