Randy Jackson Quotes

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

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.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That's how you know you're still alive.

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

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.'

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

There's nothing wrong with being driven. And there's nothing wrong with putting yourself first to reach your goals.

You have to be an adult; there is no sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself.

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.

Believe in yourself. Push to your highest limit.

Other people gotta be told when to go to the gym, what to work out, what to work on, what to do. For me, it was always my own self-motivation of maybe just wanting to make it out of Compton. I was like that with everything in my life.

I only focus on what I can do.

So it's always helped me to have a foundation, an ideal to strive for and goals. It's hard for me to be disciplined and plan things.

When you've something to fight for, you get the best out of yourself.

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

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.

I am not driven.

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself.

I constantly push my body to meet what my mind wants me to be able to do.

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

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing and seeing how far I can go.