Larry Bird Quotes

The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough.

Courage is how bad you want it.

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

I wrestled as a 90-pounder, and I wrestled in the 107-pound class in my first year. I had something inside of me. I could not stand not to compete. And I don't know why... I don't know what that's all about. But that's deep inside of Doug Harvey.

Will is the dynamic soul-force.

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.

You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

The will to win is the only thing.

It's not about motivation. It's about what's driven inside of you.

There were times when deep down inside I wanted to win so badly I could actually will it to happen. I think most of my career has been based on desire.

To win you must have talent and desire ­ but desire is first.

I think if you don't have it [desire], you're not going to be pushed into anything. You've got to want to do something.

Will and energy sometimes prove greater than either genius or talent or temperament.

True endurance, I think, comes from the inside. It comes from motivation and belief in what you're doing.

The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point.

I don’t fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, ‘Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

One's desire, not ability, determines success.

Motivation describes your attitude when you would rather do one thing more than another at a particular time.

A lot of times I had some problems, but I always had the passion and the personal motivation to keep going, to keep working hard, keep fighting for the things that really motivates me. That's all.

I don't want to discount talent and ability, but I still maintain that a lot of it is just sheer desire.

Desire is the factor that determines what your definite purpose in life shall be.

When you want something so badly, you just do it. You don't think about how hard it's going to be.