Best Motivation Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“Cristiano is a big influence for me. When we are with the national team, he always tries to give me and all of the young guys advice about work, motivation, everything.”

“I just want to be a vessel of what God has blessed upon me and just show others, whether you're a young offensive lineman or whether you're somebody having to battle with cancer, I just want you to be able to look at me and draw some motivation or relate to me in some type of way and see my battle and draw some strength from it.”

“For a lot of teams who come to Wembley, it's another motivation.”

“I try during preparation to focus on everything I can as a source of motivation to prepare harder and train harder.”

“Every day, my purpose was not to just be the best at my position, but be the best player on the field. That was my motivation.”

“I think I have plenty of motivation.”

“Obviously, when playing a superstar like Giannis, you have extra motivation.”

“Sometimes it's an extra motivation to play in front of our fans.”

“I think any time you don't reach your goal, that gives you motivation to want it even more.”

“I would say to win a slam, especially against somebody as Novak, is already a big motivation, and I don't think there is anything that can make it bigger.”

“When you start with 'I'm going to go on a diet,' you get to like a couple of days in or a week in, two weeks in, and you get that voice in the back of your head going 'why are you doing this?' If you don't have a strong reason and a strong motivation for doing it, you quit obviously.”

“Fighting for the title gives me more motivation.”

“Football is about motivation, faith.”

“It's just extra motivation when people appreciate what you do.”

“I like people rooting against me. It gives me extra motivation, but when you're fighting for undisputed status, you don't need much more motivation than that.”

“Every player responds to different motivations differently.”

“A lot of guys came in after me and they quit before me. I've seen that a lot. That's motivation. That's teamwork, I don't do that myself.”

“Ninety percent has to come from yourself, your inner-energy, motivation to get the most out of yourself.”

“It's not like I want to be famous but it's a great motivation for me. If you have good attention, you feel more excited.”

“It's hard to find the motivation to perform at 100 percent when you're trying to find yourself, trying to figure out what feel you need, really when you feel like you're not racing for anything.”

“Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.”

“When you look at what a coach does, it is leadership, it is communication, it is teaching, it is motivation. It really comes down to those four things.”

“Once I went overseas and had this real motivation to get back, I was willing to do whatever it took to stick in this league, and that's what I did.”

“A final is a final, and is motivation in itself.”

“Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.”

“To me, in this league, if your only motivation is what everyone else says, you're probably not going to be here that long.”

“The fact that I can play with a lot of veterans is very good for me, a big motivation for me.”

“To be out there in the Olympics skating the board that's actually my own and a company that me and my homies have started. It's a special feeling and it's only more motivation to go out there and kill it.”

“There are days when I lack motivation - but I still workout.”

“I try to just find motivation in different areas.”

“When you've been off the court as much as I was, there's so much motivation to stay on it.”

“My prime motivation is wanting to be happy. I'm not worried about fame. In this profession, it's not a question of if it ends, it's when. So it doesn't matter.”

“My father has been a motivation in my life, he always taught me to be a self-made man because he also started with nothing.”

“I think I do get excited by challenges and I do find a sense of motivation and purpose within those.”

“It's not always shine and good feelings in training. But when it comes down to it you need to have that happiness and motivation in training.”

“I don't need much motivation.”

“Motivation should come from within each player; if not, it's difficult to get results.”

“My dad's always going to be my motivation.”

“I am lucky to get the ­opportunity to play for France and that alone is a huge motivation for me, whenever I go on the pitch.”

“Motivation is not hard at all because it's such a fun job and everything about it is so exciting so you never really lose motivation.”

“You can rule by fear but it's not a great motivation for people.”

“I don't believe in being a victim. I think with information and motivation, you can do anything.”

“You have to get your motivation from within, and it doesn't matter if you lose in the quarters, the semis, or the final. You must want to have another chance of winning the trophy.”

“Everyone has to have the same targets, and the fans are very important for every team, for the motivation of the players. It's the same in every club.”

“I can tell you that tennis is a huge motivation for me.”

“I grew up with nothing, and that was my motivation.”

“My dad was always a motivation, even when he wasn't there.”

“Whatever your cause, whatever your motivation, I hope you'll agree with me that volunteer service is an extraordinary gift.”

“I always used the media - if people were having a go I could use it as motivation to prove them wrong.”

“I think motivation is a thing that is inside of you.”

“When I was out of India's T20 team, I did feel sad but at the same time got tremendous motivation within myself to do well and come back in the team.”

“It's very difficult to have the same motivation in the season after you've won two trophies.”

“No matter what happens to our game, money won't be a motivation for me.”

“The crowd could be tough to deal with at times, but I learned to use them and the way they behaved towards me as strong motivation.”

“Thanks to all members of the military around the world for giving me the ultimate motivation.”

“I think when music, specifically heavy music, the motivation for it is other than truly feeling it, that's when it becomes really difficult for me.”

“There are stages in life in which you have to bring things to a close because of motivation.”

“My kids are my biggest motivation.”

“I think we all have moments when we struggle with motivation.”

“With the new year comes a refueled motivation to improve on the past one.”

“The primary motivation for me is to learn.”

“It's strange how the mind works while you're acting, because you have all sorts of quick thoughts going on as well as the motivations with the character.”

“I know that I can beat everybody, and this is what also gives me a lot of confidence and motivation for going out there and playing with a lot of emotion.”

“I'll be honest with you: before I heard Nicki rapping, I probably wouldn't have thought to rap myself. Just to see a female doing it and being in there with the guys, it was motivation.”

“I'm interested in character and people and motivations and things like that.”

“For the great speakers, it's all about the audience. And the feeling they have is that they're giving a gift, of maybe knowledge or inspiration or motivation.”

“My motivation at the moment is around knowing how it feels to turn a business around, and I can't wait to have that feeling again.”

“I do think you need to understand a character's motivation and perspective.”

“When people feel they're getting to speak into what's being preached, there is high built-in motivation to participate.”

“I'm not a guy who needs to read motivation books.”

“Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.”

“As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.”

“Motivation, passion, and focus have to come from the top.”

“I believe that if your primary motivation in life is to be moral, you don't become an artist.”

“I could live a normal life. My motivation is only to take on new challenges.”

“My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That's always been my motivation - to take care of the people who rely on me.”

“We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.”

“I didn't have anyone sugarcoating anything or babying me. All I had was myself, and that was fine by me. I had all of the motivation I needed.”

“It was all about wanting to get revenge. Pathetic, really, but it still is the motivation.”

“There are so many people who would like to see me not make it in Nashville. But that's good motivation.”

“I have always said that to play for the national team is a pride and a great motivation.”

“It doesn't matter about the other team, when we have the ball and push hard, we can score goals. It is up to us to start the games with that desire, that motivation, and then we can get good results.”

“My motivation is like it is always, try to be the best and try to win, that is part of my character.”

“Salman is a motivation himself. He has fire within him.”

“I have ideas in mind, things that I'm working toward. There have to be goals; there has to be a challenge. Just playing, in and of itself, is great. But there has to be some motivation to it.”

“I'm away from my family so much doing my job. My family is my motivation for everything, so it's only right that's what you get to see on 'Total Divas.'”

“It has never been a motivation thing. I'm a fighter. I always show up and give it my all.”

“Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened.”

“It is always good when you play away because the fans support their team, and it gives you more motivation to play well.”

“Always I think you have to get the motivation out of yourself: you want to play your best football.”

“To call myself a fighter is to be selfish at times. It makes me resent my opponent. That's motivation I can tap into.”

“I love playing in the spotlight... I feel like that's motivation for everyone.”

“If faith is your motivation, share that.”

“Actually, every time I am an underdog, it gives me more motivation to do well.”

“When you are with your team, you get the right motivation to work hard every day and get back to the field quickly.”

“The coach told me that he has a lot of respect for me, and I am a player who has the ability to do anything I like - to score with both feet, to head well and to pass. To hear such words from a man like Voller gives me a lot of confidence and motivation.”

“Honestly if you stay focused and driven on what your motivations are I feel like you can succeed in anything you want to do.”

“My motivation is to be the best I can be.”

“I come from that side - passion, emotion, motivation and being driven.”

“Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.”