Motivating Quotations

I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics. My focus has always been to achieve excellence whether in the field of tennis, in the corporate field, in the art of acting or in motivating youngsters.

In the beginning, fear was the dominant motivating force.

What these guys are doing is great for Argentinean tennis. This is motivating other people.

Not only do the majority of senior women executives have sports in their background, they recognize that the behaviors and techniques learned through sports are critical to motivating teams and improving performance in a corporate environment.

I can't be everywhere, but I'm always in one of my kitchens, and hopefully I'm motivating and inspiring.

Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?'

It's unrealistic to expect the person you go to for sage advice also to be the person you go out and have a good time with. And it's unlikely that he or she will be the same person who's pushing you and motivating you to do more every day, like a coach or manager does.

NASA's been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve, and it's sad that we are turning the program in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation it provides to young people.

In 13 years of doing my day job, I've learned a few things about motivating people. It's about setting a vision and, as long as everyone knows why they're doing what they're doing, you achieve that vision.

I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.

William McKinley Oswald was my high school football coach. He was a great coach and had a profound influence on my life. But I think he could have learned his method of motivating players from an army drill sergeant.

Obviously, when you're part of a unit that has had as much criticism as the defense has had, I think it's a motivating factor, ... But what I look at it is the way they've worked, and the way they've trained, and the way they've practiced. We're much stronger up front than we were a year ago, and I think that was one of the problems, one of the big problems. We're stronger, we're bigger, we have better depth. I think that is going to make a difference.

One of our motivating factors is that talent knows no location. All you have to do is play the game and execute.

Now we have time to reflect back. How motivating is this experience? Will it make you motivated or will it make you complacent? If you're complacent, then we'll be right back where we were. If the deal is you enjoyed the experience so much it motivates you, then the sky's the limit.

I don't feel like a star; I never have. I don't feel like a star; I never have. I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.

Last year was the first time in about nine years we haven't made the playoffs. That's certainly a motivating factor.

Losing in the first round last year was definitely a motivating factor. This year I didn't want it to happen again.

Since introducing the first automotive destination on the Internet more than ten years ago, we've put a lot of effort into creating a functional, intuitive Web site. We intend to continue applying innovative technology and motivating our talented employees in order to stay ahead of the competition.

Motivating more young people to take an interest in understanding and learning science at school is important not only because science careers are exciting and rewarding, but also because young people need to know about how science and technology is changing our world -- their world!. Science in School is just one of the initiatives being supported by the Commission to take this forward.

She doesn't understand that she's a rallying point for us. Because we've got a woman who's four times older than you doing stuff. She's a motivating factor.

She's obviously a great player, doing things on the court that amazing, ... She's motivating other people all over the world to do their best both on the court and off the court, so I think it will be really cool and I regard her.

I can't really take credit for doing a lot of motivating for this particular game. When you get beat by 20 points, you're kind of embarrassed. These guys came out and they were pretty motivated tonight.

I feel race wasn't necessarily a motivating issue, but because race is involved, it is something that being a university on the state level, a public university, that it is something that they need to consider when making decisions like this.

I enjoy motivating the girls and just helping them achieve what they are capable of...reaching their full potential.

Giving cash rewards is one of the least-effective means of motivating employees. While money may induce short-term involvement, it does not create motivation for the long term. Merchandise has a residual value over cash because the objects serve as reminders.

Having a winning record at home or avoiding finishing last weren't motivating factors for us. When you are 27 games under .500, can we really expect to be better at home?

What I like is that early in the season we have a difficult schedule, and that has not been the case the last few years. That allows the fans to get involved early, and it's a great motivating factor for our team.

If the FBI's motivating factor for busting down the Koresh compound was child abuse, how come we never see Bradley tanks smashing into Catholic churches?

There is a strong core of artists who have been working to preserve Frankford for a long time. It's been very inspiring and motivating for me to start to build relationships with them.

He got the majority of his big-league time after he turned 31. 'Sheaff' kept pressing that on me, telling me there is a chance you can get back up there and that you never know what can happen after that. That's been a motivating factor for me.

I was very surprised. I was concerned about being able to walk again, and even possibly having to retire. And the possibility to maybe play in this game is very exciting and motivating for me.

My main motivating factor is the cost of funerals.

My main motivating factor is the cost of funerals. That whole industry is not any place I want to spend my money.

I was clearly the best hurdler in 1980, and not getting a chance to go to the Olympics was very hurtful to me, ... It took me many, many years to address it. That was the single biggest motivating factor in going into football.

I said, 'Leaving Indianapolis,' ... Coming here has given me a fresh outlook on my life. My wife and kids can be around her parents. I have a new team - and a new chance to do something special. It's really motivating me to press on.

Maybe I'm motivating him. My motivation is entirely coming from being a rookie and being hungry to be out there and be the guy and stuff. I think my game and my presence are motivating him quite a bit, and he's stepped his game up a lot because he looked good today.

I think that there are lots of people that play music, but, basically, they have other things that are motivating them to play music.

I think the concern that was motivating the Fed (to lower interest rates ) is that it's going to shift to more Western hemisphere trade partners. I think the risk is it's going to broaden and deepen.

I was working on these improvements long before the young man was tragically killed right there. The improvements we made were not a result of his accident or a motivating thing, because we were already trying to do it. The accident happened to coincide with the improvements,

Lauren had a fantastic day. Her improvement this season has been very motivating to watch.

I think these guys will get it done. There would have still been meaning if we won (the conference tournament), but not as deep as it is now. I don't think I'll have any problem motivating these guys.

Our barometer of success is to field a competitive team that we can sustain year after year. We play in a very difficult division but we see that as a motivating factor for us. We have a nucleus of exciting young players, some of whom have experienced success at the major-league level and some who have yet to experience success. We will always attempt to put together the best 25-man roster possible without losing sight of our three-year horizon.

I think he realized the situation and that this probably wasn't the time for screaming. He did a great job of motivating us and getting us to focus on exactly what we need to do and block out all the other stuff and don't worry about the score.

It doesn't make it easy to sleep at night, that's for sure. It's disappointing. People ask, 'Are you happy in New York?' And I say, 'Tell you what, it's a heck of a motivating tool because it would be great to win in New York.' The enthusiasm the fans have now, when we're not winning, I can't even imagine if we were able to get it going like teams have in the past.

I think that one of the motivating factors was in my last year of law school: we had a competition, and I won the competition; it was judged by several of the federal judges at the time. I got a tremendous amount of encouragement to pursue litigation from them at the time.

It is about dignity. That is the motivating factor.

Yeah. They know how to win. They won it. We're jealous of where they were two years ago, and we want to try to get there. It will be big for us on our road to try to win the Cup if we can beat the Stanley Cup champions. It's definitely a motivating factor for us.

We were in the groove. Everything clicked. Maybe last year's game was a motivating point.

We were just so terrible. It certainly is a motivating factor for me anyway, just to go out and show people across the country that that 33-7 team was not us.

Those are motivating moments for me. That's the way I can give back to someone who is in the same position I was.

The ability of moving the side around, changing batting orders, resting three of the most senior players today was one way of motivating the side because you are giving opportunities to other players. Hopefully, they will grab those opportunities with both hands and create a competitive environment within the squad.

When Stephen got hurt...it was either a motivating force for the Pacers to get their run, but at the same time he was turning the ball over a lot, so he may have been an asset by default.

That was such a motivating factor for me because, inside, I didn't feel like I earned it. I promised myself I was going to get to state. It started right when we got back from Bakersfield last year.

We got the message loud and clear that moviegoing isn't necessarily going to happen in the summer season every week unless there is something motivating the audience.

We aren't looking at why one guy got $200,000 and another guy got $300,000. We want to understand how audit partners are compensated, what the incentive is that drives their behavior, and whether they are being given incentives on the quality of the work they do, rather than just on, for example, the amount of new business they bring in. We want to figure out how to build this into a standard where compensation becomes an important factor in motivating audit partners to do the right thing.

We were unable to match their intensity, and I did a poor job of motivating and preparing our team.

We'll try anything at this point. We've been close on the road. We've not played that bad. We've just run into some better teams than us. We have to start really trying to look at motivating our guys a little differently on the road. Hopefully, it will come.

That was our motivating factor to get down there and help out. To help protect the people of New Orleans and to assist our brother officers who put out a cry for help.

There are no leads to follow up on. We don't have any idea of the motivating factor.

When you're No. 1 like we are, you know the other team is going to be up for the game because a win over the No. 1-rated team could be the highlight of the season for some teams. I use it as a motivating tactic when my teams play top-rated teams.

Yeah, 300 wins is a motivating factor for me to continue to do it, there's no question about it. But the greater motivating factor is that I still enjoy it (pitching), and I feel like I can do it the way I want to do it.

We are kind of the underdogs. Nobody in this building is really rooting for us, and I think guys, they used that as sort of a motivating factor.

The deadline serves a valuable purpose in motivating people to pay attention.

We used that as a motivating factor. Every player came in here hungry and still frustrated from not making the playoffs last year. Not having Tina when we started the season, that also made other people take their games to another level.

When I was injured I could see all the ways that Stuart was motivating the other players and the techniques he was using. I just wanted to be a part of it.

Whether it's soundtracking a moment in my life or just motivating me to hit the gym, I constantly have music playing. Even if it's just in my head.

When you start motivating people to work faster, you've got to keep safety in there because you can work faster at the expense of safety.

Yes, they're the second seed, but to me, that's a motivating force. If we have the exact same mentality on Saturday that we did today, it's going to be very interesting.

I sense that there's a morale problem right now. I don't know the root of it. I've always been very good at motivating my people.

The seniors here are about pushing you and motivating you to get better. They're not about, 'You're a freshman trying to take my job.' If you can play, they're going to push you to get better. Right now, I'm learning and they're helping.

The racial/ethnic 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.

We've played at a high level for a lot of years, and now they should have the same high expectations as we've always had. I think it should be a motivating factor to not let our performance slide.

We always want to win, ... but that might be a little bit of a motivating factor.

To succeed in big-city politics requires a powerful, motivating vision of a better world, a plan to get there, a willingness to meet constituents on their terms, and a tough political skin.

Depression and psychological distress are key motivating factors, ... We need a better system of taking care of these needs, and of reducing care needs so everything doesn't fall exclusively on the patients' families.

Somerset is the only club that I ever wanted to ride for this year. Being left out of the team last season made me even more determined to get my team place back, and that was the motivating factor throughout last year.

That's half the battle, motivating the guys and holding everybody accountable. He'd be like a Mike Ditka coach, I think.

As coaches, we haven't had to do much motivating. Seniors do a good job of motivating themselves, and these girls are easily motivated. We talk a lot about goals on this team. Anything less than a return trip to the state tournament would be a disappointment to these girls.

A lot of it is housekeeping, applying the technology already out there and motivating people to save energy.

They stopped me on the one-inch line. On a personal level, it's been very frustrating. Very frustrating. But you have to keep motivating yourself.

Sometimes in a losing streak you don't know what to say as a coach. Each time we got beat 1-0 it was heartbreaking, but (those games) are more motivating than if you lose 3-0.

This tournament gives us the opportunity to move up and secure our spot in the rankings. There are teams behind us who are looking to move up as well. In the big picture we can't get caught up with who's in the rankings. We have to go and play the game of golf. The field is a motivating factor in terms of preparation, and one that we get fired up for in the schedule, but when it comes down to the competition, it comes down to playing one shot at a time and doing our best.

I've done several shorter races, century (100-mile) rides and marathons, and the Ironman is just a matter of putting it all together. This is a fun way to train because it's motivating to have a group of people working out together and sharing a common interest.

I'm not trying to take credit for motivating him. It probably just reminded him.

I had no doubt that would be the motivating factor.

I haven't been able to put my finger on it exactly. I think it's guys motivating themselves and getting ready to play and getting off on the right foot. We haven't been able to get ourselves fired up until the other team does something to get us fired up.

Interest is one of the strongest motivating factors in a child's education.

The better your record, the more he wants to push you to the next level. He's good at that. He's a good guy at motivating his players and getting 'em ready.

Everybody's going to play bad. I was a little frustrated and aggravated. My first shot got blocked and I hadn't had that happen all year. The team kept motivating me and picking me up.

This is just as much a must-win for them. They've got to be hungry. They've never been in this position in quite a few years now, this late in the season playing for a Big Ten championship. I'm sure that's going to be motivating for them.

At times it can be frustrating because everyone is doing so well. At the same time it's kind of motivating because you are with guys who have been doing it every day for 10 or 15 years. It can be a motivational tool for me.

At 1-2, I wasn't grinding on the kids about performance or anything like that. It was about recovery. It was about understanding who we're playing and where we are with the program and where we want to go. It was about motivating to rebuild.

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The kids have a great work ethic and get along well as a team. They cheer for each other at meets and have a lot of fun at practice. What's great about this group is that they are helping to form a strong foundation for the future. We have two great captains in Maggie and Kenny who do a great job of motivating and supporting the kids.

I'll use this as a reference point-a motivating factor for the kids when we head into next season.

I really think that cost is the big factor. We're not inexpensive, even for our own Pennsylvanians, and I think that's motivating some students to be conscious of the time it takes them to finish their degree.

I haven't even thought about (preventing the Panthers from making the playoffs). They could still get in even if they lost to us. That is not motivating me. On Sunday, that will be the last thing I'm thinking about.

It was a feeling that hasn't been around here in a long time. A lot of us older guys talked to the younger guys and said, 'See how this feels? We can do this. This is how it should be every time.' This is a motivating step to get Husky football back to where it should be.

It was a frank discussion about Indian cricket, present and future, and much of what I said was aimed at motivating Saurav for the Bulawayo test. In that regard our exchange was beneficial.

It just shows again how calm he stays and it's very motivating as well to see how he does that.