Derek Brunson Quotes

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.

There are some aspects of work you need to keep working on and no matter what environment you are in. Continuous learning is very important. It's what I call 'competitive tension', which is about having a competition around.

As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.

You need to be strategic about how you define your leadership journey and where that takes you.

I just want to take the time to think about what I've achieved in my career so far, where I need to go, and what I need to do to get better as a player.

After my first year, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, what I wanted to get better at, and how I was going to do it.

I think with 'Claws,' it came at such a perfect time where I really started to focus and to take myself seriously.

Success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be.

Study your strengths; then decide how hard you want to work

Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively.

Relationships are important, but stay focused on all the things that are important. Figure out what you want.

I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.

I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.

Mindfulness has helped me succeed in almost every dimension of my life. By stopping regularly to look inward and become aware of my mental state, I stay connected to the source of my actions and thoughts and can guide them with considerably more intention.

I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

I record myself talking. I have a journal. And when I listen back, I remember why I wanted certain things. I listen to me at 16, saying 'I really wanna be on TV... I want a movie, a huge movie...' and I'm just like, 'Yo, I'm humbled. I'm living a life I imagined.'

I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at a Holiday Inn with my friend, Kurt Campmeyer, when he asked me if I had a personal growth plan. I didn't. In fact, I didn't even know you were supposed to have one.

I'm always calculating what I want to do, who I want to be, what I want to accomplish. I don't need to worry about that - that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present.

I want to be one of those moms and women that when I look back, I know that I always stayed focused.

Not only will this make you treat each moment more preciously, but you will be more patient with yourself and with others, recognizing that there are millions of moments on the path to any worthwhile achievement.

Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.

I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating.

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.