Ray Fearon Quotes

I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

I am trying to be guided by my passion.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

You never know what motivates you.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

Usually I write about what I care about, which is a weakness but I think also a strength.

Follow your passion. Be yourself, but check yourself before you wreck yourself.

I really try my best to be the person I want other people to be.

The most important thing that I tell myself is that no matter where I go in this journey, the humility is what's gonna keep me honest and real. And perhaps a better manager.

Football has molded me in many ways, and I've had great experiences. But when I step back, I know that football is not what drives me. It's not really what's important.

My motivation is not to try to inspire, but rather to do things that inspire me and hopefully that will spread to others.

My only focus was to be the best version of myself.

I say it's easier to write for other people than write for myself.

I'm in competition only with myself, and I always want to push the envelope.

On those days when you don't want to get up, I think, I'm going to get through my entire practice without saying how tired I am or I try not to complain just because I was in a bad mood when I woke up. Even if it's not perfect and I slip up, I can catch myself and make myself of aware of where my mental space is at and move on.

The humility keeps me going forward.

It comes from within.