Steve Backley, The Champion In All Of Us: 12 Rules For Success

Quotes

• “Look for solutions, instead of being difficult; be more thoughtful, instead of allowing anger to burn you out. Look at t...”
• “There are three types of people in this world. Firstly, there are people who make things happen. Then there are people w...”
• “Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to cr...”
• “Explore. Train your conscious mind and your subconscious mind to start working for you by getting those great powers to ...”
• “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...”
• “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 motiv...”
• “Although you can’t go back in time and alter your natural level of potential, you can determine how much of that ability...”
• “To deliver your own personal maximum, you’ll realise there are no shortcuts; if you want to be a champion it is all abou...”
• “A mind filled with negative thoughts makes you feel miserable and inadequate and will lead to failure after failure no m...”
• “The way forward is to stop pestering yourself for answers and let it, the creative part of your mind, come up with the s...”
• “These are the people who will encourage you to go after your dreams and will inspire you to succeed. Stick to them like ...”
• “You have to create your self-belief by going to your core to find the probable reasons for the negativity in you, and th...”
• “The first step is the most important. It is the most crucial and the most effective as it will initiate the direction yo...”
• “Athletes who are able to stay completely focused in pursuit of their dreams are the ones that are most likely to become ...”
• “Nothing could be any worse than having to turn to your friends, your colleagues and your loved ones and say –‘I gave up ...”
• “If you want to continue to be the best in the world, then you have to train and compete like you are second best in the ...”
• “You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arri...”
• “The challenge for you is to decide not what is important, but what is most important and then focus your attention on th...”
• “Share your aspirations only with those who will support you, not those who will respond with doubt or lack of interest.”
• “Lucky people will focus on what’s in front of them rather than scrabbling about for what they’re searching for.”
• “Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome.”
• “Do you want to know what one of the secrets to achieving all of your goals is? You’ve got to be committed.”
• “For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable.”
• “Too often, people get stuck in a state of over-thinking, the result is that they never reach a decision.”
• “If you are able to focus unswervingly on your goals, then all that you desire will become yours.”
• “Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts.”
• “If you remain static and wait for success to come to you it will certainly not happen.”
• “Mix with positive-minded people as a means to tap into your unexploited potential.”
• “Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and do it.”
• “Your current apathy is simply your soul telling you that it is confused.”
• “The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation.”
• “If you have positive energy you will always attract positive outcomes.”
• “Success is simply never giving in to failure - either in mind or body.”
• “It is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it.”
• “Tell me your thinking, and I’ll tell you what your life looks like.”
• “It is never about who is right or wrong, it is about what is best.”
• “Trust in your own beliefs or succumb to the influence of others’.”
• “Success is virulent. Once you get the bug then it’s in you.”
• “They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game.”
• “The people and successes in your life mirror your beliefs.”
• “The only test is what you see when you look in a mirror.”
• “When you think a positive thought, you become positive.”
• “The sprint is like life ... blink and you miss it.”
• “Invest your energy in the things you can control.”
• “See it first in your mind, then become it.”
• “Act like a champion, and then become one.”
• “It is action that creates motivation.”
• “If obstacles are large, jump higher.”
• “To think is good. To obsess is bad.”
• “Success is a decision, not a gift.”