There are three kinds of people in this world: people who make it happen, people who watch what happens, and people who wonder what happened.
Tommy LasordaRead
Guys ask me, don't I get burned out? How can you get burned out doing something you love? I ask you, have you ever got tired of kissing a pretty girl?
Interpretation
Doing what you love can prevent burnout and keep you energized.
Tommy Lasorda's quote emphasizes that passion for one's work can sustain energy and enthusiasm, much like the pleasure derived from affection. It suggests that engaging in activities that ignite joy and excitement, such as one's profession or hobbies, can lead to a fulfilling experience that combats feelings of exhaustion or burnout.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing dreams.
There are three kinds of people in this world: people who make it happen, people who watch what happens, and people who wonder what happened.
Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.
Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.
When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that's exactly what our team did.
I walk into the clubhouse today and it's like walking into the Mayo Clinic. We have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers. Back when I broke in, we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol, and by the 7th inning he'd already drunk it.
The worst team in baseball's history won only 55 games. The best team ever won 110 out of 160, so you're virtually guaranteed to win 1/3 of the time and lose 1/3 of the time. The difference is the 1/3 in the middle. You don't know what bucket the game you're playing falls into, so if you're smart, you'll fight like everything for all of them.
Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing how they have always been done, you're guaranteed to do them differently.
Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.
Are you going to let the obstacles in your life be stumbling blocks or stepping stones? Choose the positive. You are the master of your attitude.
Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action.
You can’t always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response.
When you fall, feel the pain. And then stand up. You were born for victory. And failure has no place in your world.
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