Abu Bakr Quotes

This is my future and I will take personal responsibility for making sure all competition requirements are met.

When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'

If I start something I am going to finish it.

Intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.

Every day I think, 'Can I commit?' I think I can and that I will.

My father, my mother, and then my father was always on top of me - 'Keep your nose clean. Do you love what you're doing?' 'Yes.' 'Then be aware, or you're going to lose it.'

Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough.

When I decide to do something, I do it.

Good intentions aren't enough. People have good intentions when they set a goal to do something, but then they miss a deadline or other milestone.

You can achieve only that which you will do.

I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

They are no longer going to serve you well. You have to commit. I think the biggest word is commit. I hear women say to me all the time, and men - I want to, I want to.

There's no point starting something you don't intend to finish.

The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.

Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

I try to do my best.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as vividly as New Year's resolutions. February is even better, though, because it lets us study why so many of those resolutions are broken.