Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes. Kenneth Hildebrand

• purpose
• motivation

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Jack London

• inspiration
• motivation

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. Jim Rohn

• education
• direction
• motivation

I've always had an ass-to-the-brain theory - when a player's ass gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, "Get me off of here." Bobby Knight

• coaching
• motivation

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People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing - that’s why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar

• motivation

Reward the behavior you want repeated. Larry Winget

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Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot. Jim Rohn

• motivation

One of the greatest motivating things that a coach has is the bench. They all love to play, all of them. You sit them on the bench, and they come around pretty good. John Wooden

• coaching
• motivation

One of the greatest motivating factors is the pat on the back, although with some individuals, you have to make the pat a little lower or a little harder. John Wooden

• motivation

Good people are found not changed. They can change themselves, but you can't change them. You want good people, you have to find them. If you want motivated people, you have to find them, not motivate them. Jim Rohn

• leadership
• motivation
• management

Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. Stephen Covey

• trust
• motivation

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Satisfied needs do not motivate. It's only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival - to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated. Stephen Covey

• leadership
• people skills
• motivation

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Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. Stephen Covey

• motivation

You can't manufacture passion or "motivate" people to feel passionate. You can only discover what ignites your passion and the passions of those around you. Jim Collins

• leadership
• passion
• motivation

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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated. Lou Holtz

• leadership
• motivation

[C]onsistent motivation usually comes from a consuming desire to be able to perform at your best under pressure, namely, the pressure produced by tough competition. If a player needed me to light a fire under him by turning the other team into a demon, he was lacking something I couldn't give him. Bill Walsh

• competition
• sports
• coaching
• motivation

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