Motivation Quotes

"Profit is not my motivation."
-Susan Peed

"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."
-David Hopper

"We've played well to this point, but you can't let up now. The guys remember the hurt last year and what if felt like to lose in this game. That should be some motivation for them."
-Terry Posey

"It's hard to find motivation after what happened. If it were the first time we've been disparaged, it would be fine, but this is becoming a habit."
-Albena Denkova

"It's definitely added motivation. Everybody looks at me as the guy that has to work hard and motivate the young players."
-Derek Kinder

"I put more effort into doing it. I know I can do it now. I'm a lot stronger than I was when I got here. I have more energy and the motivation to do it now."
-Jennifer Humphrey

"There'll be plenty of motivation. If you can't get up for the state championship, check your pulse."
-Brian Cosgriff

"It's great to have big goals. It's a source of motivation."
-Joannie Rochette

"My ultimate goal is to box in the 2008 Olympics. I have the drive and motivation to make the Olympic team."
-Rheño Nieto

"I'm definitely excited about it, ... It feels good to be rewarded for your hard work and recognized for it. I'm excited. It gives me more motivation and reason to go out and work even harder."
-Daimon Shelton

"It was hard to find motivation after the world championships. It was a long season but I learned a lot from competing consistently on the European circuit."
-Allyson Felix

"[Burt Lancaster] couldn't pick up an ashtray before discussing his motivation for an hour or so."
-Jeanne Moreau

"You need to make the distinction between external motivation and internal motivation. While the former has short-term effects, the latter is far more important."
-John Savage

"That's a big motivation. If we're up by 10-12, we shouldn't just get comfortable. We need to keep pushing it."
-James Humphrey

"We've certainly got the motivation to find someone. I really don't think it's going to be difficult for us to find (a sponsor). We've got a great product already in place for them."
-Jim Melvin

"The motivation here is to make the process more difficult."
-Robyn Bagley

"It's good news. We still have to win our remaining two matches, but it gives us even more to play for-it's added motivation."
-Conor Niland

"When you're 0-10, we only have one place to go and that's up. You have to have some type of motivation to go out and play. We go into every game thinking we can win, man, even though we've had all these close losses."
-Chris Capko

"Obviously, I don't want to see people beat up animals, but animal rights is not my motivation for being involved."
-Milton Mills

"It was a little bit of a motivation, but I never let it get to me, ... I knew if I work hard, good things will happen."
-Jose Contreras

"The barriers are more psychological than financial. People get used to a certain level of (guaranteed) income. Also, a lot of people can't seem to find the motivation to make a change."
-Steve Vernon

"It's fun. It gives our kids another sense of motivation."
-Butch Goncharoff

"With the crowd out there and the motivation with charity and people being behind him, he will definitely finish. Even if he has to crawl, he is going to finish."
-Mark Jenkins

"I don't think racial motivation has anything to do with it."
-Robert Cardwell

"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."
-Karen Rizzi

"We're not too worried about this one. We wanted to win and should have, but this is just going to be motivation for state."
-Alex Walker

"It's definitely a concern. There is that extra sense of motivation (for the team that lost both games), especially if the games were close."
-Pat Mayo

"Right now, we've got one in a row. I'm not really a statistics guy. I don't use a lot of that for motivation."
-Skip Holtz