Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.
Pat SummittRead
Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Believing in yourself comes from recognizing your hard work and achievements.
This quote emphasizes the importance of self-belief as a foundation for success. Pat Summitt suggests that having confidence stems from the knowledge that you have put in the necessary effort and dedication to achieve your goals. Success is not just a matter of wishful thinking, but rather a direct consequence of hard work and a strong belief in one's abilities.
Themes
BeliefSuccessHard WorkConfidenceDedication
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech at a sports event.
More from Pat Summitt
All quotes βThere is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into a situation in which you are not as talented as the person next to you. That's when being a competitor can make a difference in your fortunes.
Pat SummittRead
If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
Pat SummittRead
Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
Pat SummittRead
The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.
Pat SummittRead
If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
Pat SummittRead
Similar quotes
Finish. The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish. Don't talk about doing it. Do it. Finish.
E. L. KonigsburgRead
The secret of getting ahead is getting started
Mark TwainRead
When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
Daniel Day-LewisRead
Still a dreamer, yet more of a realist than ever before, I knew this was my time to sail. On the horizon I saw the shining future, as before. The difference now was that I felt the wind at my back. I was ready.
Chris GardnerRead
Having an exciting destination is like setting a needle in your compass. From then on, the compass knows only one point - its ideal. And it will faithfully guide you there through the darkest nights and fiercest storms
Daniel BooneRead
There were a lot of years that I was trying to do things that other people wanted me to do. But you have to follow your heart. Believe that you have a unique group of talents and abilities that are going to allow you to accomplish something in an area that interests you. Work at that and try to make some kind of contribution to your community.
Robert Kennedy, Jr.Read