What motivates me is not staying still. I want to be busy, and I think too many good actors are left by the wayside through no fault of their own, but because there aren’t necessarily enough opportunities out there.
Advice from my experience, for me, I’ve never taken no as an answer, I don’t believe in that. If I want something, I’m going to get it. When people tell me that I can’t do something, it just motivates me more. For me, it makes me smile, because I just want to prove everybody wrong.
Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better.
You have to walk in the other guy’s moccasins. You have to think what they think. If you want to bring somebody onto your side, you have to figure out what motivates them. What do they need?
Everything Mousasi says only motivates me. I have a win over him, and I think he’s a little bothered by it.
Showing that you consistently have their best interests at heart not only motivates your people to do their best work; it also builds goodwill that you may need to draw on when the going gets tough and you have to lean on one another to find the horizon.
Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.
I like to listen to Beyonce or any type of upbeat music when I am working out. Gospel music always motivates me.
The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord’s mercy motivates us to do better.
Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch the heart or move the spirit; that is reserved for belief, principle, and morality.
I’m not anybody’s judge; I don’t know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it.
The cinema should be human and be part of people’s lives; it should focus on ordinary existences in sometimes extraordinary situations and places. That is what really motivates me.
What motivates me in art is the ugly and beautiful nature of the truth. It has to be truthful and honest, even if it is ugly and grotesque.
It’s not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.
I felt really proud when Simeone said I am destined to reach the level of Messi and Ronaldo. I always want to give my all for him. He motivates me.
It motivates me, being a parakeet and living for so many years in Barcelona. Going back to the city is always something nice, and playing against Barca, too.
When somebody says I can’t do something, it motivates me to do it.
What motivates me is just to do a really, really good job at something. If I were a better musician, I probably would’ve ended up as one.
What you put in, you usually get out. If you are not good enough on the day, fine, but if you put in everything you have, you usually get a decent result. When you lose, it motivates you to go again, not dwell on the past.
I don’t want to be in this sport just to participate. I want to be in this to win, and that’s what motivates me every day to break down barriers and to get better every time and to exceed my limits and to win fights.
Football is a great love because I was born into a family of players and therefore born into football. I’m fortunate to have a style of play that a lot of people like. It’s a privilege to be able to do what I like best and in my own way, but I’m fortunate that people like it, and that motivates me even more.
Most great men start in that position, with very little and that’s what motivates them to get where they’re going.
If you hear me out, I believe you’ll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone’s rights.
When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.
I’m interested in what motivates individuals to participate in atrocious acts to support their ideological identification.
It’s great to see that there are Dortmund fans in every stadium. That is something that motivates you, and in the end, you look forward to games even more, especially Europa League or Champions League away matches, when you see how many fans follow us. It is something very special.
I’m glad that our music motivates people to exercise. If I had to pick just one song to run to, it would be ‘Violet’ by Hole. It makes me want to run.
The only thing that motivates me is to become better.
Ultimately, the power of the Airbnb platform is that it motivates guests to blend into communities, belong anywhere, and live like locals.
I’ve always been fascinated with what motivates people’s transgressions and the scandalous journey into infamy.
I know my role on this team, and I’m expected to prepare and to perform every week and play well. I relish that opportunity – to be somebody the guys can count on week in and week out, to play really well. That’s what really motivates me: to make my coaches proud, my teammates proud, and the fans proud.
What motivates most people to change their behavior is consequences. No consequences? No behavior modification.
I want to be a dad, first and foremost. I want to be a good father. I’ve spent so much of my life on the move and travelling around the world that just to set up a home for my family and be a good dad is something that motivates me.
I play with a fear of letting people down. That’s what motivates me.
If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be ‘liberty.’ That’s what inspires me and motivates me more than anything – just the concept of freedom, liberty, what it means.
The whole point about laughter is it’s like mercury: you can’t catch it, you can’t catch what motivates it – that’s why it’s funny.
Getting ahead cannot be the only motive that motivates people. You have to imagine what a good life is.
The work itself is what motivates me. I like my own stuff, you know? I like the way it looks. I do it to please myself first.
As a fighter, I recognise that the one thing we fight for is prizes. The one thing that motivates us is money. A lot of fighters do come back because of money. The biggest spur they have is financial, and thank God my finances were secure, and I didn’t need to come back for that reason.
I want to prove the naysayers wrong. They’re everywhere. And to be honest with you, they’re all I see, and they’re what motivates me.
When you think in terms of public service, I heard so much about what Mother Theresa had done in her life. And I was fortunate enough to get a chance to meet her and talk to her a lot about what motivates her and what drives her. And that, to me, is a person that really is an extraordinary role model.
Playing motivates players.
I don’t set out to win awards. I don’t think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it’s an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
I love the fact that, if I don’t win multiple championships, that I probably won’t be mentioned amongst the other guys in Celtics history who’ve done it before. That type of stuff motivates me.
I’ve been watching Arnold Schwarzenegger. There’s a couple of hour-long videos and he’s made some amazing speeches. You look at what he’s done in his career and it’s such an inspiration with where he started. He’s got these six rules of success which I listen to quite a lot and it really motivates me.
My daughter will find some of the sweetest words to tell you that can make a grown man cry. She still gives me the same inspiration. She still motivates me.
What motivates me is seeing people in the crowd and wondering what they’re going home to and what they’re dealing with, and knowing that for the time being we’re their escape.
I have been inundated with the most encouraging response on social media, and it almost feels like I’ve made a comeback! I have to say that this adulation and warmth really tempts and motivates me to be more active in the industry going forward.
My thought process is I have been lied to so much by people who I thought I could trust that it motivates me to want to be as honest as possible, to project that energy, because that is how I want people to treat me.
If I didn’t have competition and I didn’t have people trying to take my spot, then it can make someone lazy. So it does the exact opposite. It motivates me.
A lot of people don’t think I can play. It doesn’t really bother me, truthfully. If anything, it just motivates me. It makes me work harder, makes me kind of have a chip on my shoulder.
My favorite thing about motherhood is the outpouring of love that is non-judgmental and beautiful. My daughter just makes me happy, and she motivates me to be a kid again.
My job is to be able to perform for three hours or three and a half hours every Sunday and I’ve got to work my tail off to get to the point where I can do it, and that’s what motivates me.
Being drafted 13 definitely motivates me, but I love where I was drafted, I love the opportunity I was drafted into. But the 12 guys ahead of me are in the back of my head all the time.
