David Goggins Quotes

I think self-discipline is something, it's like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

There is nothing like having to change your physical form to put you in contact with every weak part of yourself, to train yourself in discipline. Put somebody on a treadmill and I'll tell you how good they are at any other thing they do in life.

I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.

Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness.

I wish I were more disciplined.

I've developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child.

If you really want to get in shape, you can't have those days where you feel weak.

Many men and women in the world demonstrate great willpower and self-discipline in overcoming bad habits and the weaknesses of the flesh.

The conditioning and the lifestyle changes you have to make to remain a healthy athlete are what molded me into what I am today.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're doing, which then travels outside into their home and work life.

My clients train hard. They don't scream or throw weights - they just push hard, trying to get more out of themselves than their bodies want to give, trying to walk that terrible, beautiful line between controlled aggression and all-out insanity.

I'm excited by challenging myself physically and mentally every day.

Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.

With moderate physical training, you can control anything in your body. You don't have to be an athlete to do it, and this isn't just about people with disabilities - it's about everyone. You just have to have the willpower, the mindset, and the desire to want to better yourself.

Make yourself do unpleasant things so as to gain the upper hand of your soul.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them.

Boot camp was the first time I got a heavy dose of discipline. It was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.

Being a dancer or athlete of any type teaches you the fundamentals of discipline... and the ability to know you can grow.

I would be a very different person without karate.

Oh, I have very limited will power. I wish I could change that. I am working on it, though. I am too easygoing.