Hakeem Olajuwon Quotes

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

But remember this: in the final analysis, you can believe in your dream, you can be taught, supported, motivated, and loved by others, but ultimately, your success depends on you. You must take responsibility for your body, your mind, and for your character.

I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

For me, I think that I don't like feeling pressure from outside sources. I'd rather put the pressure on myself and push myself to do it as good as I can.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves.

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

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

Work alone is noble.

My motivation is internal.

I want to be great, and that's holding myself to my standards, not anybody else's.

The only person who can help Balotelli is Balotelli.

I'm not going to see anybody else in the mirror. That's how I live, day by day. When I look in the mirror, it's up to me to accomplish everything I want out of life.

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

I know it's probably not the answer people want to hear, but if you don't get to where you want to go after 'The Voice,' I believe that's on you.

You need to sweat yourself. Don't sweat nobody else.

Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself.

Ah! If man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation.

Love your sport. Never do it to please someone else; it has to be yours. That is all that will justify the hard work. Compete against yourself, not others, for that is who is truly your best competition.

A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there.

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.

The only one who can beat me is me.