“I know that it's in them. We saw today what we've been expecting. But it's, when is it going to come consistently? They're the ones that are going to have to answer that. You gain confidence through success and this has to be something to motivate them and encourage them. You've got to understand how you won games.”
Preparation is essential to achieving your goals in life. You don't want to miss a great opportunity because you were not prepared. Determination and motivation will put you on the right track. You've got the passion, that driving desire to be successful. But, you must take certain steps to put you in a position to be readily available for the reward.
“He's a great student, a concert pianist, takes jazz lessons, and has dealt with family challenges. He's very motivated in all he does. If you show him a new soccer skill, he'll disappear for an hour with a ball until he can do it. He's a self-starter that gets a lot done in a day.”
Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer
“[It's wrong to presume their entire motivation is driven by respect for a lost friend. Tyrone were a wrecking ball yesterday, a fusion of furies that attacked every sense. But they thrive on it:] That game tested us to the limit, ... To win any game is good, to win any final is fantastic. But to win it when you are pushed to the limit, that's the ultimate.”
“Last year we played with the purpose to prove that we are a really good team. It was a team that was highly motivated and achieved a taste of success as a result. Our players want to continue with those experiences. They want to advance the program to a higher level than where we currently are. We're well aware that there is a lot more for us to do.”
“I am sure Martell has probably thought that going down to the D-League, people are going to start questioning whether he should have gone out. I'm sure that's in his mind. But I'm also pretty sure that in his mind, it's given him more motivation to make it happen.”
A promise to love someone forever, then, means, 'As long as I love you I will render unto you the actions of love; if I no longer love you, you will continue to receive the same actions from me, if for other motives.' Thus the illusion remains in the minds of one's fellow men that the love is unchanged and still the same.
I have a yearning for my beautiful country, and I love its people because of their misery. But if my people rose, simulated by plunder and motivated by what they call "patriotic spirit" to murder, and invaded my neighbour's country, then upon the committing of any human atrocity I would hate my people and my country.
... on the historical scale, the damages wrought by individual violence for selfish motives are insignificant compared to the holocausts resulting from self-transcending devotion to collectively shared belief-systems. It is derived from primitive identification instead of mature social integration; it entails the partial surrender of personal responsibility and produces the quasi-hypnotic phenomena of group-psychology.