Paul Pierce Quotes

LeBron just wants to win.

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.

I want to be more than just some guy who played in a World Cup final.

I don't have to use anything to motivate me, a trade or anything like that, for me to say I want to win a championship.

I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month. Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it's not to keep trying to be the best. That's not necessarily human nature.

My dream was always, when I was a little girl, to be number one and to win grand slams as the number one.

At the end of the day, I could go back to getting sixth or seventh place and being a mediocre skater, or I could be a champion. I want to be a champion.

Obviously it's how bad do you really want to be successful, essentially. Like, what does that really mean to you? Why are you doing it?

You take every opportunity you have to win a trophy. That is always the goal, and winning makes it a little bit easier the next time.

I wanted to be a world champion of some sorts since I got into the industry, when I was 15 years old, and I was able to do that.

Retiring as the champion and being the only athlete to ever do that, I think goals like that are set in the mind. I want to make that happen.

Any time, as an athlete, you taste victory, you taste the top of the mountain, you want to get there again.

I love what I do. I want to continue winning medals.

When you win a world title, you are motivated to work.

If someone gets into the Super Bowl, should they stop trying to get back into the Super Bowl? You gotta be kidding me.

You make sacrifices. You sacrifice yourself. Do you want to possibly win a championship? Or do you want to be the same person you were when you were 20 and get those same numbers?

You have to work on your dreams every day, and that's what I am doing.

I just think about working and winning trophies, trying to enjoy the day to day.

For me, it is important to do well in what I'm doing, to achieve the goals I have for myself.

I've always been self-motivated, but I can't take a ton of credit for any success I've had.

The biggest thing is winning. No matter what percentage, no matter what my numbers say in the sense of points, assists, rebounds and steals, it's always been about winning.

I've never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I've never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I've put into my game right now has paid off, but I've got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.

People seem to think if you're successful, then you have some secret. The fact is, you've just managed to work your life a certain way.

The want to improve myself and win tournaments and see how far I go is crucial.

Thierry Henry is Thierry Henry. I still have everything to prove. By continuing to work, I will try to reach his level, but I am still very far off.