Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person -- they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

We would rather have one man or woman working with us than three merely working for us.

The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.

All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.

I remember committing myself to make it in the garbage business, "whatever it takes!"

The uncommitted life isn't worth living.

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

You can do what you want to do, accomplish what you want to accomplish, attain any reasonable objective you may have in mind -- not all of a sudden, perhaps not in one swift and sweeping act of achievement -- but you can do it gradually, day by day and play by play, if you want to do it, if you work to do it, over a sufficiently long period of time.

If you want to take your mission in life to the next level, if you're stuck and you don't know how to rise, don't look outside yourself. Look inside. Don't let your fears keep you mired in the crowd. Abolish your fears and raise your commitment level to the point of no return, and I guarantee you that the Champion Within will burst forth to propel you toward victory.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

Resolve and thou art free.

Resolve that whatever you do, you will bring the whole man to it; that you will fling the whole weight of your being into it.

Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

The loftiest edifices need the deepest foundations.

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.

My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.