George Groves Quotes

I listen to a lot of TED talks and motivational speakers.

One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was a professional speaker. Not a motivational speaker - an inspirational speaker. Motivation comes from within. You have to be inspired. That's what I do. I inspire people, I inspire the public, I inspire my staff. I inspired the organizations I took over to want to succeed.

I'm a motivational speaker.

I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans.

I realized I love motivating and I love empowering and I love inspiring people. I did that as an athlete for 18 years, and I am able to do that as a motivational speaker now as well as doing work on television.

Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

I learned how to believe in myself. Learned how to set goals, you know, self help books man. I just read every single one I can get a hold of, and I still do.

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.

Your personal capacity to handle more valuable projects will go up when you appreciate yourself more.

I am so not a pageant girl, but I signed up for the Miss Junior Florida contest because I thought it would be good experience.

I will say that I wasn't susceptible to Tony Robbins-like pitches, even as a younger man.

I've seen the power of Life Coaching firsthand and I know how beneficial it can be.

I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.

That is definitely something that I feel more comfortable with now. When I did 'Lord of the Rings,' it was something I wasn't quite prepared for, I didn't know how to deal with that sort of attention, and I kind of shied away from that, but I'm better at dealing with that now - a lot better.

I think, for me, I should have worked harder on my mic skills, and I should have been a lot easier to deal with, and I would have been pushed a lot better.

Believe in yourself. Push to your highest limit.

Coach K always wanted me to talk more, even when I was in college. That's something I'm going to do as I get older.

I remember doing my first coaching sessions at Macclesfield, when I was still playing, and I was just terrible. I felt really uncomfortable standing in front of people, and it felt very odd. It was not something I was naturally comfortable with at all.

I'm a motivational speaker, so I'm going to look at something in as much of a positive way as possible.

Through my life, I do want to inspire others.

That's what I need to work on - my charisma in front of people.

If you don't think that you're the best, how do you become the best?

With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about.