“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.”

“If you're in the merchandising business, you have to have people expert in merchandising. You need to motivate people to get the job done. Not everybody can do that.”

“It's something we've been doing for years. We compete against those teams to have us playing at the highest level. That's our motive.”

“Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.”

“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around”

“When you privatize, you're expecting with the uses of best business practices, with the profit motive, that people in the private sector can get savings that the state couldn't.”

“We have a great group of coaches in track. They motivate us and allow us to have fun while also pushing us to be the best we can.”

“We gave it a great run. We had a great ride for the seniors. This is going to motivate us so much to get back here next year.”

“I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person -- they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.”

“Oh, man, he is such a motivator. That's what he is all about. He is so intense. He is a great coach. He was so good for me.”