Dara Torres Quotes

At a very young age, I wrote down the goals that I had so I could always see what I wanted to accomplish. And I would look at that goal sheet and think "I still want to do this."So I'd decide "I'm not quitting."

A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.

Everything seems overwhelming when you stand back and look at the totality of it. I build a lot of stuff and it would all seem impossible if I didn't break it down piece by piece, stage by stage. The best gift you can give yourself is some drive--that thing inside of you that gets you out the door to the gym, job interviews, and dates. The believe-in-yourself adage is grossly overrated.

Always look at what your goal is. Understand that there are going to be days when you feel like crap. There are going to be days where you feel like "I don't want to do this" but you've got to understand what you're doing it for.

Wake up determined. Go to bed satisfied.

I think if you can be a goal-setting person, it makes it easier to stay motivated.

I have reasons to believe that I could win the World Cup, but I take it one race at a time.

Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.

It's hard for me... If I don't have a project going, I don't feel like I'm connected to anything. I don't even think it's that healthy for me. I like to get out of bed and have a purpose.

Every time I get ready to chuck it, I remind myself that I can accomplish a lot in that little minute, and they remember what I say.

When I came back from the military and completed a 4-year degree in 2 1/2 years, I developed the extraordinary habits needed to get a lot done in a very short period of time!

The more you stop giving power to your excuses, the more you'll send power to your dreams.

I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.

To remain confident and positive, think about your goals all the time.

I start every day making sure I'm where I need to be and thinking like I need to think.

Don't follow in my footsteps. Create your own legacy! Be you! Do what you do! Stay focused! Stay positive about whatever goals you want to accomplish! Don't ever let anybody tell you that you can't, because you always can. To this day, I have people trying to discourage me, and telling me I should hang it up. I call them clowns.

If you don't have discipline, you don't have anything

I made up my mind that I'd get out of that place and I didI learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. If you want to go somewhere in life, you just have to work till you make it.

You achieve what you believe in, look for, and work for.

Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.

Stay focused. Your start does not determine how you're going to finish.

So it's always helped me to have a foundation, an ideal to strive for and goals. It's hard for me to be disciplined and plan things.

There’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish if you set your mind to it.

I use my experience, my failures, my successes, and help people stay focused.

Goal setting is fine if you want to be the warrior archetype.