Austin Aries Quotes

I always focus on myself in what I want, where I want to go, who I want to reach, which message I want to put out, how I want to dress.

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

I always have high expectations for me.

You need to feel good about yourself, the motivation has to come from within. You have nobody to fall back on except yourself.

I don't think people do anything out of fear very well. So I think the only choice is to have them intrinsically motivated.

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

I find when somebody says to me, 'I'm going to motivate you,' more often than not, they're not going to get me.

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.'

I only really work when I want to.

The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.

I try not to do anything I don't like, so I stay motivated pretty easily.

I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.

My motivation is internal.

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

The truth is, if we have our own reasons for doing something - reasons that we endorse - we're more likely to do it; we're more likely to stick with it.

What people don't normally know about us is the hustle is very real, and it's sorely driven a lot by how we consider ourselves. We don't pay a whole lot of attention to any type of judgment that we might get from outside people. I think that comes from growing up onstage.

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 have very high expectations out of myself.

I was always self-motivated.

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

I expect a lot for myself.

Psychology is important but motivation is something that if you don't have it inside then you can't provide it.

I think so many women allow themselves to be defined by somebody else's narrative.

I've said it lots of times before, I play for myself, so I'm not worried about other people's expectations.

I didn't need to be motivated by other people overlooking me. My motivation was internal, to be better every day.