#steve-backley

"Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome."

"Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts."

"The people and successes in your life mirror your beliefs."

"Do you want to know what one of the secrets to achieving all of your goals is? You’ve got to be committed."

"The only test is what you see when you look in a mirror."

"You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive."

"It is never about who is right or wrong, it is about what is best."

"Athletes who are able to stay completely focused in pursuit of their dreams are the ones that are most likely to become champions."

"To think is good. To obsess is bad."

"The challenge for you is to decide not what is important, but what is most important and then focus your attention on that."

"They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game."

"It is true to say that the secret of a winning formula is the ability to accept that there is a vast area of unexploited potential beyond what you currently perceive to be your maximum."

"It is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it."

"Nothing could be any worse than having to turn to your friends, your colleagues and your loved ones and say –‘I gave up too soon’."

"The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation."

"It is action that creates motivation."

"Success is a decision, not a gift."

"If you are able to focus unswervingly on your goals, then all that you desire will become yours."

"To deliver your own personal maximum, you’ll realise there are no shortcuts; if you want to be a champion it is all about rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in."

"The way forward is to stop pestering yourself for answers and let it, the creative part of your mind, come up with the solution when the time is right."