Knowing the opportunity to win a championship here in Chicago, right now, that’s the main motivation for me. – Ben Zobrist
When people feel they’re getting to speak into what’s being preached, there is high built-in motivation to participate. – John Ortberg
Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realms of inspiration. – Azim Premji
Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I was dealt. Let’s remember that the real motivation in the sixties, and even in the fifties, was the Cold War. – Ann Druyan
Mostly we’re motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there’s a bit of a lab for bad behavior. You can test things out without terrible consequences. Or maybe the consequences are there, but they are deferred, buried, much harder to detect. – Ben Marcus
In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that’s never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing? – Barry Sanders
I don’t feel that this concept of disruptive technology is the solution for everybody. But I think it’s very important for innovators to understand what we’ve learned about established companies’ motivation to target obvious profitable markets – and about their inability to find emerging ones. The evidence is just overwhelming. – Clayton Christensen
When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren’t the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation. – Arsene Wenger
An employee’s motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager. – Bob Nelson
I have enough motivation just not looking like an idiot on national television. The fear of disappointing people is certainly higher. – Alec Berg
For me, it’s just acting. It’s pretending. The best actors are children, and children don’t do research. You never see a child going, ‘I’m wondering about my motivation here. How can I do this toy? How can I do this train? I don’t feel train.’ – Brian Cox
Music can be useful during training to help get you psyched, and I still listen to music on easy climbs or in the gym. But during cutting-edge solos or really hard climbs, I unplug. There shouldn’t be a need for extra motivation on big days, be it music or anything else. It should come from within. – Alex Honnold
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. – Buzz Aldrin
I’m a person that’s grounded in faith and believe that my core values, motivation, inspiration, draw from a conception of the world in that way. – Cory Booker
I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation. – Andy Murray
I’d say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing. – Alexis Arguello
Understanding motivation is one of the most important things we can do in our lives, because it has such a bearing on why we do the things we do and whether we enjoy them or not. – Clayton Christensen
It’s tough when you’re No. 1. You don’t have any private life, you can’t even walk anywhere. I think that was one reason why I lost my motivation to play tennis. – Bjorn Borg
When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, ‘It’s in the script.’ If he says, ‘But what’s my motivation?, ‘ I say, ‘Your salary.’ – Alfred Hitchcock
When you’re CEO, you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job. – Carlos Ghosn
Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16. I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me. – Ahmed Ben Bella
When I hear Obama speak he just seems really sincere and he just seems like somebody who actually has his heart and his motivation in the right place. Forget about color or race or gender or whatever, he’s got his heart in the right place. – Adam Yauch
In my industry, it’s important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation. – Becky G
The reach of Coke and McDonald’s is undeniable, and I’m thrilled these iconic brands are joining forces to inspire local communities through messages of peace and motivation in unique ways. It’s an added bonus that they are using the lyrics to ‘Rise Up’ as a part of those messages. – Andra Day
I had never even thought I’d be an actress – I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It’s the same career. – Anne Parillaud
For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal. – Arsene Wenger