Motivational Quotes (610 Quotes)

It definitely is motivation. It's the reason you want to play your favorite sports and continue on to the next level. You have to stay on top of your academics to play for a Division 1 college. You have to maintain a 3.0 or higher if you want to continue to play.

We showed complete concentration and great motivation.

My caution in terms of directly applying the caffeine or the coffee before sex to enhance your sexual drive or motivation would be that in this experiment, we gave only one dose of caffeine to animals who had never had caffeine before.

It's just outrageous and unfortunate that things have been spun this way. There may have been a few missteps, but Mike is not the kind of person where his whole motivation is to benefit his campaign.

The economic development of the world depends on human capital. India has the numbers, talent, and motivation.

I'm going to use that as a motivation, as a student here at SUNY Canton to continue my goals and to make my goals happen.

It is about dignity. That is the motivating factor.

The NCAA is a simple ordeal. Not easy, but simple. If you can win two straight games three times, you are the national champions. You want to get to the Final Four you want to win the national championship. That is the motivation that is spoken, but the process is to win this game.

The racialethnic sub-group to benefit the most from sports participation is Latina girls, ... There's no question that if we can solve the problem of parental support ... and create a more nurturing, motivating environment ... that we can make some great contributions to Hispanic girls in terms of their future health and well-being.

It was hard for her to sit for so long watching, watching and watching. Maybe that made her a little nervous. It was a good experience for her and she can use that in the future. Hopefully she will get an idea of the kind of skill level that is out there. It will give her some motivation for the next season.

I don't think there was any extra motivation, ... It's my first win here, but it's only preseason.

I think there's a lot of motivation on the part of our boys. They know the importance of it seeding-wise and it's a chance to go down on a nice field and play a quality opponent. The boys are really excited for it.

I'm not going to change my game because of an incident like that. I'm sure he might change his actions. He'll want to get a win out of here. He'll take that as motivation.

The girls provide their own motivation. All the girls want to be the best-looking girl out there. Looking good is their business. Why would you want to be scantily clad with a gut

It's tough to come back. But you've got to find motivation.

The reality was we didn't play well. I don't know if it was lack of motivation or frustration. They just kind of spaced out and didn't have anything going. Bad decision making and bad shooting. We missed 10 lay-ups in the first half.

Our strong performance in winter testing has given everybody a genuine boost in motivation.

I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't know why I do things.

We had motivation, losing to them last year and losing some tough games this year. So I said, Okay, let's see what you've got.' I'm so proud of these guys, the way they answered the call. Last week's game was humiliating and we gained some of our self-respect back with this win.

When we were down nine on Thursday night, we knew Brandon would be able to play Saturday, so we said, let's try to (win this) so he can play another game. That was motivational.

It will be sort of a motivational speech. I'm sure everyone needs it. Hopefully it will make the difference.

It's going to motivate us. We hear a lot of stuff, they want to play us and things like that, and we take that as motivation.

There were some contributing things, but I made mistakes, and that's why I'm in this position. I'm not going to hide from it. If anything, it's going to make me that much more focused, that much more hungry. Some people think I won't be able to bounce back, but that's my motivation.

Y'know, the real reason why I was such a failure in the sense of being unable to make any sort of a living was because I was really not motivated. I had no motivation.

Customization is a powerful opportunity because consumers tell us that customization leads to higher levels of motivation in incorporating fitness into their weekly routine, ... It also creates greater consumer confidence because consumers can select what they will use for years to come, while components can be updated as family fitness patterns evolve.

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers.

I was so out of shape from pregnancy, but I knew I needed the motivation of working out with other moms.

Motivation through fear was Woody's biggest coaching tool,

Politicians need religion even more than a hermit in retreat. If a hermit acts out of bad motivation, he harms no one but himself. But if someone who can directly influence the whole of society acts with bad motivation, then a great number of people will be adversely affected.

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll.

Conference USA doesn't expect us to do very well, but we use that as motivation. They put us in last place (in preseason rankings) and we're using that as motivation. It's working pretty well for us during the game.

It's amazing that half the American work force expects to be working on a holiday. It's not because of the boss. It is largely because of intrinsic motivation. People have high ambition. People have a high desire to achieve.

It is extremely motivating. We have high expectations on this team and we're trying to live up to them. Now we know it takes hard work.

It was big motivation. Also, if we take care of ourselves in the couple of games left in the regular season, things will work out for themselves - and they did (Thursday) night.

He maintained that his motivation was not anger but justice. I am someone who seeks justice, not revenge, ... My work is a warning to the murderers of tomorrow, that they will never rest.

I honestly don't know what the motivation was for the change, because we still have kids that failed a class and need to recover the credit and didn't fail the exit exam.

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father.

I was interested to see where people would rank us, and obviously we're fifth or sixth. They obviously don't have a lot of respect for what we have returning. We'll talk about that occasionally with our players on days where we lack a little motivation.

It was very special. We wanted to do it for our coach (Ryan Sarazin) and everybody on the team that's worked very hard. It gives us a lot of confidence and a lot of motivation. We now know that we can skate with everybody down here and now we look to go get a title.

A lot of people gave up on our basketball team. But I knew we were playing well. We lost some games, but we just weren't shooting the ball well. We never used it as motivation. We just kept our confidence.

When if you're playing someone you're more talented than, you have to play your game, make adjustments, and hit the ball and do things you do well. Obviously they were missing some players today, and the motivation sometimes is tough, especially in singles, it's just you out there.

It's rewarding to help our fellow Americans, ... The crew knows that these people don't have a home to go back to. That is our motivation.

I'm happy but devastated at the same time. The disappointment really hit when I watched the girls on the podium and heard the national anthem. This gives me a lot of motivation for the next races and the upcoming ski racing seasons. 2010 still seems far f

She is a perfectionist. Her motivation is her own.

He's a very shy kid, very quiet. He's a kid who needs that right motivation. When that thing hits him, he becomes a different person, he becomes more aggressive. That's what you need.

We had some sophomores on the field a couple years ago when Bath hung 50 on us. Those kids are seniors now and they remembered that, and I think that served as motivation. No way did they want Bath scoring 50 again on this field.

The motivation is easy. The other team is undefeated, and they have to be very good to get this far. When the game (against Thomasville) was over, our focus was on Southeast Halifax. We'll celebrate the other stuff when the season is over with.

All it is motivation. When we play with that hunger, we're a completely different team.

The issue is whether to believe the owner has the means and the motivation to proceed with that work or not.

You can definitely use that as motivation, but the most important thing is not to spoil their season, but to end the season on a high note and have it carry over into the off-season.