Gerald Green Quotes

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.

Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.

If I didn’t kick his [Bill Clinton’s] ass every morning, he’d never amount to anything

I didn't corner the market on great stories. I'm not the only one who can do something like work at a grocery store and then win a Super Bowl. Other people can do it. You hope people will see that and say, 'Hey, that will be me.' They're going to chase after it like I did. And they're going to be the next one.

I've had lots of wonderful people help motivate me over the years to work hard and write.

God helped me with the desire to be great and the discipline to get myself ready, so I am an example of what can happen if you really put your mind to something and work hard for it.

I like to think I set aspirational but reasonable goals and encourage my team to achieve them.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

Whoever I can go out every week and motivate to do better and to try to go after their dreams, I'm up for that.

There is no magical reason why I am where I am. And there is absolutely no reason why you can't be where you want to be. If it can happen for me, it can happen for you, too. And it would be a privilege for me to help you get there.

I like the big ups. I'm into the big ups.

I love inspiring people and helping them to reach their potential.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

If I can inspire someone to go in a positive way and pursue a dream, it can only be good.

When I need to push myself, I think of all those nicely polished trophies waiting to be lifted up by the winner - and how that winner might be me.

I take praise as not just a reward and a result but also as the beginning of a new process.

My son is a better dancer than me. I always try to encourage him in his endeavours.

Ever since I was 7 years old, I wanted to be great.

My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'

Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or go astray in their ambition I can live with it but not with people lowering their expectations, wasting time, slacking off and glorifying failure and stupidity.

My mom is proud of me. My pops proud of me. Everybody keeps motivating me.

Thierry Henry is Thierry Henry. I still have everything to prove. By continuing to work, I will try to reach his level, but I am still very far off.

Encouragement helps you to go one step more, become better.

I like seeing people achieve great things.

I want to become one of the greatest managers that has ever lived. Why not? If it doesn't happen, then I've given everything, and I'd be proud of whatever I'm able to achieve.