Guy Martin Quotes

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there.

I take full responsibility for my life and my career.

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.

Golf's weird because it's individual, and there's nobody to blame but yourself, but then, golfers also have this it's-everybody-else's-fault thing where you don't take ownership.

But remember this: in the final analysis, you can believe in your dream, you can be taught, supported, motivated, and loved by others, but ultimately, your success depends on you. You must take responsibility for your body, your mind, and for your character.

I feel very strongly in my opinion that everyone is responsible to themselves for what they do.

In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.

No matter who is watching or paying the paycheck, we are ultimately each our own boss.

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

My life motto is 'Do my best, so that I can't blame myself for anything.'

I've learned that you have to take responsibility for yourself in this game and lead yourself through it.

I like people who take responsibility for their lives.

I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

I'm highly critical of myself. There's not something someone else might say that makes me feel I need to be motivated in a different way. I'm a self-motivated guy.

No pressure on the outside is greater than the pressure I put on myself.

This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.

I'm not going to see anybody else in the mirror. That's how I live, day by day. When I look in the mirror, it's up to me to accomplish everything I want out of life.

I'm not a sympathetic guy when I see people throwing their lives away and using their life's obstacles as excuses to fail. I just don't buy into that.

You need to be very critical of yourself because MMA is a singular sport. You have to make the changes yourself or nothing will change. You have to be the one making the changes.

I am incredibly lucky. I worked hard for my luck as well. I have made choices to do things because I wanted them to do them, not because they were the right thing to do.

The only person who takes the full responsibility why I leave Man United is myself. I am the one to make the choice.

Ultimately, I play for myself, and I take responsibility for my own actions.