#steve-backley

"Compete like you cannot fail."

"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 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."

"If you remain static and wait for success to come to you it will certainly not happen."

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

"Tell me your thinking, and I’ll tell you what your life looks like."

"Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes."

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

"Success is simply never giving in to failure - either in mind or body."

"Lucky people will focus on what’s in front of them rather than scrabbling about for what they’re searching for."

"Act like a champion, and then become one."

"If not you, who?"

"Invest your energy in the things you can control."

"These are the people who will encourage you to go after your dreams and will inspire you to succeed. Stick to them like a barnacle to a rock."

"For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable."

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

"The sprint is like life ... blink and you miss it."

"If you decide not to take action, you are going to fail, and even if you do take action, if you can’t keep up your motivation, you will simply end up back where you started."

"There are three types of people in this world. Firstly, there are people who make things happen. Then there are people who watch things happen. Lastly, there are people who ask, what happened? Which do you want to be?"

"Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and do it."