I have no intention of being a potted plant, and just getting watered every so often.
My parents were of the opinion, because they had started skating very young, that you should have something that you do that you care about, because it structures your life as you're growing up.
At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."
All learning is in the learner, not in the teacher.
Nobody can motivate himself in a positive direction by continually using negative words.
A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, 'Today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
Management has never been the most important thing for me.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
A lot of people who have depression understand that the last thing in the world you want to do when you're feeling that way is get up and exercise. It's virtually impossible to do that. It's like somebody beating you.
I will try one hundred times to get up, and if I fail one hundred times. If I fail and I give up, will I ever get up? No! If I fail I’ll try again, and again and again. But I want to tell you it’s not the end.
He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
Sometimes when I get asked by younger wrestlers, 'Do you have any advice for me? What do you think you can help me on?' and I tell them I think the best advice is to try and outdo yourself. Always be unique, always be creative. I think that was part of my success. I never wanted anybody to be on top of me. I always wanted to be number one.
The only way to fail for me is just not to try.
If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.
Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.
There's how, basically, Son Goku from 'Dragon Ball' doesn't fight for the sake of others but because he wants to fight against strong guys. So once 'Dragon Ball' got animated, at any rate, I've always been dissatisfied with the 'righteous hero'-type portrayal they gave him.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.
Try not to say, 'I'm a failure.' Instead, ask, 'What can I do better? What did I do wrong?' Then re-approach.
I'm going to mess up. But I'm going to get back, you know, and get after it and try to do better the next day.
When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, make this short speech to yourself: I am getting up now to do the business of a man; and am I out of humour for going about that I was made for, and for the sake of which I was sent into the world? Was I then designed for nothing but to doze and keep warm beneath the counterpane? Well! but this is a comfortable way of living.
Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. In the last analysis, the welfare of the workers depends upon their own initiative. Whatever is done under the guise of philanthropy or social morality which in any way lessens initiative is the greatest crime that can be committed against the toilers. Let social busybodies and professional "public morals experts" in their fads reflect upon the perils they rashly invite under this pretense of social welfare.
