Paul George Quotes

You need to be competitive, but a lot of that you can internalize and use that as motivation to drive you. You do not need to show it all the time.

I'm self-motivated. I'm motivated for myself to be the best I can be - for me to do that, I have to have my own motivation, my own positive energy.

I'm a very motivated person. I don't need extra motivation.

I don't need others to push me. I push myself.

I'm already self-motivated, so I don't really pay attention what people are saying.

I'm not a guy who needs to read motivation books.

I've always been very self-motivated.

I think, since I was a kid, I had that independence of being driven and being motivated in whatever I did, whether school work or a sport or even a hobby.

I'm highly critical of myself. There's not something someone else might say that makes me feel I need to be motivated in a different way. I'm a self-motivated guy.

I just kind of do my own thing, which has made me feel like a better player, a better pro because I'm in control of it. I don't have anybody who is pushing me to do something - I'm pushing myself.

When you don't have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

For me, I think that I don't like feeling pressure from outside sources. I'd rather put the pressure on myself and push myself to do it as good as I can.

I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.

I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

Stay focused and stay determined. Don't look to anyone else to be your determination - have self-determination. It will take you very far.

They have to have an internal motivation. They have to have an inner conviction.

My motivation is internal.

I have to constantly keep pushing myself.

I would just say that I have high expecations for myself.

By the time I was 14, I had become self-motivated. Whatever raced inside me was more demanding than any pressure applied by parents or teachers.

I set my own goals higher than what anybody else has set for me.