Barack Obama Quotes

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

I'm the kind of person who thinks that if I score eight goals in one season, my objective must be to score nine goals in the following season. That's the kind of mentality I have.

I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself.

My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just about my writing - I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.

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

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

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.

We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.

Everybody doesn't get to do each and every film. I don't compete with others; I compete with myself. I have been an athlete, a sportsperson; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way.

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

I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.

All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.

I just want to keep things going. I just love testing myself.

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself.

I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals.

We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.

Whatever it is you're doing, whether it's your career or a particular focus, if you're trying to be the best you can possibly be, then you'll be putting that pressure on yourself.

Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.

I like pushing myself, and usually if I'm not good at something I just won't do it because I'm a perfectionist.

Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action in the direction of your goals - however mundane or lofty they may be.

You can survive tough situations and even turn them to your advantage by acting as if you are the person you want to be. When you act like that person, you can become that person. The hard parts are deciding whom you want to become, being willing to rehearse until you become that person, and forgiving yourself until you do.

The whole reason I did a bodybuilding show was to see how far I could push my own discipline. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. When I made the switch to acting, I was able to break that down into small, measurable goals like I did with bodybuilding.