Success Drivers Quotes

What drove me to become the world's greatest bodybuilder is no different from what drives other athletes to become great tennis players or boxers or jockeys.

My family played a big part of my success.

I think Ant and I were ambitious because of where we come from. Both of us are from working-class families on council estates in Newcastle.

It's not always about the money and the fame, and a lot of people think that it is sometimes.

Often, it's the little things, like the title of a song, that can make a huge difference in its success.

It takes a lot of people to create a success. That's why I say that few leaders are successful unless a lot of people want them to be.

The only reason I want to climb up the rankings - beating the champion and beating guys in the top five - those are the guys that get the endorsements and get the most money and get paid the most. That's the only reason why.

I don't think anybody ever started a great business because they wanted to make a little more cash. They had a dream. They wanted to better their life.

I think anybody confusing a system with a reason for success is making a huge mistake. Systems don't win games. Players do.

I could write a book describing what differentiates the high performance person from all the rest! Hell, I could write volumes!

People think you can wave a magic wand and create a star, that couldn't be further from the truth. People think that a promoter has all the cards and the talents are merely pawns and they have very little do with the bigger success, when they have most of their success because of what they do.

There is still too much pressure on short-termism in terms of the drivers of success.

I'm lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will.

No matter what, the entrepreneur must strive to be above average and, at the same time, understand what is driving those averages they are seeking to beat. Take the time to understand and test the metrics you are using, and then you can not only set the average, you can exceed it.

For a company to be successful, it's not just about ideas. It's also about luck. And everything else coming together.

What are the critical success factors of your job? What must you be absolutely, positively excellent at doing to be successful?

In the back of your mind, when you say you want to write music for the movies, you're saying that you want a big house, a big car and a boat. If you just wanted to write music, you could live in Kansas and do it.

The key is not to figure out what the best people are doing and try to emulate it - rather, figure out what causes people and companies to be successful.

A good education is the next best thing to a pushy mother.

Money is not the motivating force. It's nice to have money, but I don't live high. What I enjoy is running the business.

Find people who believe the world will be better when your company succeeds. That's an incentive that money can never buy.

You're much more likely to reach your goals if they're your goals, speaking to your desires, rather than the desires of outside influences. Goals that are meaningful to you will keep you inspired and driven towards success.

Dreamers don't have special genes. They find circumstances that amplify their dreams.

I've always been interested in peak performance, why some people do better in life than others.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.