David Goggins Quotes

Regard every suggestion that your life may be a failure, that you are not made like those who succeed, and that success is not for you, as a traitor, and expel it from your mind as you would a thief from your house.

If you don't give power to the words that people throw at you to hurt you, they don't hurt you anymore. And you actually have power over those people.

Comebacks are not at all easy. After a major surgery, the difficult part is to conquer the inner demons. It's all in the mind. Only an individual can overcome his fears.

Sadness is weak; I don't believe in weakness.

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

We're stronger than we realize.

The most demeaning sin is to remain weak in the world. It not only destroys us, but also incites others to attack us with violence.

Overcoming adversity not only makes you stronger, it makes you more hopeful.

I've seen the worst. In my head, I've seen the worst. When I go into a fight, I'm all right. You know what I'm saying? I've already made it.

I proved to myself that I can overcome a lot of things that probably would have broken some people.

I have never, ever considered myself a failure.

Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.

You are always bigger than the problem, the problem can never be bigger than you.

My strength was probably more the mental side of the game rather than the skill side. I always had that self-belief that I was good enough. You have got to believe you are good enough, otherwise there is no point to it.

We can all be weak, but we all have to make a conscious decision to be strong.

Be a victor , not a victim.

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.

But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.

No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.

I'm a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.

Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it.