Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I've done it all - I'm good. Now, it's about setting an example for others to follow. I can't just talk it - I have to live it. David Goggins More Quotes by David Goggins More Quotes From David Goggins Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are. David Goggins quitting moments want It hurts, but that’s all it does. The most difficult part of the training is training your mind. You build calluses on your feet to endure the road. You build calluses on your mind to endure the pain. There’s only one way to do that. You have to get out there and run. David Goggins pain hurt running When you think that you are done you're only 40% in to what your body's capable of doing.that's just the limits that we put on ourselves. David Goggins body done thinking Failure is an option. It's what you do with the failure that makes you who you are. Our failures mold us. I have failed at several things in my life. What sets some of us apart, is that when we fail, we can't sleep at night. It haunts us until we have our time at redemption. David Goggins mold sleep night I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done David Goggins tired done sports If you can see yourself doing something, you can do it. If you can’t see yourself doing it, usually you can’t achieve it. David Goggins achieve ifs can-do I'm different than most people...when I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I'm thinking about what I'm going to do tomorrow. It's as If my Journey is everlasting and there is no finish line David Goggins race journey thinking Don't Stop when you are Tired. Stop When You are Done. David Goggins tired done motivational With the Special Ops Warrior Foundation's help, we put 266 kids through college last year. And that's what keeps me going. I'll be honest, I don't like running. I don't like biking. I don't like swimming. I do it to raise money. But, now that I'm in this sport, I want to see how far I can push myself. What makes me tick is that pain you feel when you do these ultramarathons. I love knowing that everyone's suffering because I know I can suffer just a little bit more. I can take a lot of pain. David Goggins pain running sports Remembering what you've been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you're feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success. David Goggins you success time life A warrior is not a person that carries a gun. The biggest war you ever go through is right between your own ears. It's in your mind. We're all going through a war in our mind, and we have to callus our mind to fight that war and to win that war. David Goggins fight you mind war Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don't want to suffer. We don't want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we're living our lives in a very comfortable area. There's no growth in that. David Goggins growth path time life The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you're not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you're satisfied and make you happy, you're not getting stronger. You're staying where you're at. Either you're getting better, or you're getting worse. You're not staying the same. David Goggins better you happy way You have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity. David Goggins yourself you identity war I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it. David Goggins my-life small house life If you sit there and have that mentality of 'triple down on what you're good at,' you're never going to grow. You're always going to stay the same. David Goggins grow down good you I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I'm a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what. David Goggins myself me childhood positive I'm a big believer in doing things that make you uncomfortable. So, we live in a world where we want to be as comfortable as we can. And we wonder why we have no growth. We wonder why - when the smallest thing in our life gets difficult - we wonder why we cower and we run away. David Goggins you growth life world Before you start a goal - let's take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you're suffering. David Goggins yourself you care suffering Boot camp sucks - SEAL training sucks - but you know what? That's what makes you good. David Goggins good know you training
