Gabriel E. Gomez Quotes

I push myself as hard as I can every day so I can achieve my goals and so I feel I have nothing to regret later on after my career.

In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might.

Obviously it's how bad do you really want to be successful, essentially. Like, what does that really mean to you? Why are you doing it?

I'm used to working hard and making sacrifices.

For a long time, I played for me, for my career.

And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself.

You have to be the one setting your own goals, trying to achieve those goals.

How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.

I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.

It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the fight and how hard you are working and that's where the outcome will come.

I'm pretty demanding with myself and my work, and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. I try to do the best job I can every time.

I push myself to the limit.

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.

If you dedicate yourself to something, you can achieve it. It's simple, but it's true, and your age is just an excuse.

If something's important to you, you make time for it.

You've got to make an effort on your own. Some people don't even try.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

You must find something that you deeply love and are passionate about and are willing to sacrifice a lot to achieve.

What I've learned is that if you really want to be successful at something, you'll find that you put the time in. You won't just ask somebody if it's a good idea, you'll go figure out if it's a good idea.

There was a moment in time where I was really focused on the Navy and I followed through with it - I passed the test. I was happy with myself because I was accomplishing something and I was really working towards a goal. That was the first true thing I invested my energy in.

My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.

The biggest thing is, if you want it still, you'll do everything you need to do to make sure you extend your career.

When you have things that are very important to you in life, when there are things you want to do and be - that takes work. It takes work to show up for your own story and show up for the dream and vision you have for yourself.

Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.