Ken Shamrock Quotes

It takes an inner strength to succeed.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

You can make it if you try, push a little harder, think a little deeper.

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

Succeeding in life is a difficult business - you need to work 16 hours a day, face failures along the way, remember that nobody owes you a thing, and take risks.

You don't have to cheat or steal to be successful in life, but you must be ready to convert your challenges to opportunity.

Know that the power comes from within: when you are tired, or you want to give up, dig deep. Dig deep for whatever reason - in boxing, in sport, in life.

If you want to be the best, you can't take the path of least resistance. Every morning, you wake up, and your mind tells you it's too early, and your body tells you you're a little too sore, but you've got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what you're striving for.

We represent a hustler. I think we represent inspiration. I think we represent, you know, staying down. I think we represent building yourself up from the bootstraps.

When it's going tough in a session I have a little think about why I'm doing it, what I'm getting up for and why I'm putting myself through it.

You have to believe in yourself, challenge yourself, and push yourself until the very end; that's the only way you'll succeed.

I think a mantra I always told myself is, "No matter how many times somebody pitches the ball at you, if you swing every time, eventually one of them is going to connect." Being yourself and persistence are two things that became my daily mantras, I suppose.

I made up my mind that I'd get out of that place and I didI learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. If you want to go somewhere in life, you just have to work till you make it.

Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.

I learned that hard work and self-discipline can overcome many obstacles.

There's two things you need to know. One, that you won't quit on yourself, and two, that I've done the work.

Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do - dedication, perseverance, courage, extreme self-discipline and prayers

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.

You gotta pick yourself up. Sometimes you just gotta do it over and over, but you gotta do it. You can't give up. I wouldn't give up. I didn't give up - or doubt myself - in becoming a successful musician with a successful band.

You may have seen me in movies like 'Fast & Furious' and 'Avatar.' But I wouldn't have been able to do any of that without hard work and determination. You can accomplish anything if you just stay out of trouble and do the right things.

I'm functioning on a lung and a half, but I have proved that it's possible to challenge yourself.

You can make your own way. It's about getting out there and not letting rejection get you down.