As an American ultramarathon runner, ultradistance cyclist, triathlete, Public Speaker and Author, David Goggins is very famous character who was born on 17th of February in 1975 in Williamsville of New York. And also, David is a retired Unites Stats of Navy SEAL and former United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party who served in the Iraq War. His parents are Trunnis and Jackie. He experienced racism during his early life which is being one of the few African Americans in his school. David went to work with his family at his father’ s skate rink when he was six years old. David and other members of his family hurt constant and severe abuse from his father. Before absconding from his along him with his mother which is talked about in the book of “Can’ t Hurt Me”.
And also, in the gap between his discharge from the Air Force and enlisting in the Navy, he worked as pest control fumigator. After that, Goggins applied to join the United States Air Force Pararescue and was accepted into training after failing his ASVAB twice. He commenced long distance running with the aim of rising money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. However, he is an inspirational speaker who travels and speaks to sports team. He has spoken to athletes from professional teams such as the Atlanta Hawks and the Seattle Seahawks as well as collegiate athletes from Alabama, Tennessee and Michigan University football Programme. And he has reported the health conditions such as Asthma, Obesity and Congenital heart defect. He is super character in his life story.
01. ” We live in a world where a lot of people need goals, motivation, and a lot of other words to get started. It’s just a big excuse to not get started “
02. ” A lot of people put motivational quotes up on the wall and all they do is collect dust. Become what that quote says. Live it every day “
03. ” A lot of us don’t know about another world that exists for us because it’s on the other side of suffering. That’s the real growth in life “
04. ” A true leader stays exhausted, abhors arrogance, and never looks down on the weakest link. He fights for his men and leads by example. That’s what it meant to be uncommon among uncommon. It meant being one of the best and helping your men find their best too “
05. ” A warrior is a guy that goes ‘I’m here again today. I’ll be here again tomorrow and the next day.’ It’s a person who puts no limit on what’s possible “
06. ” Always be willing to embrace ignorance, because that is the only way to expand your body of knowledge and body of work. It’s the only way to expand your mind. “
07. ” And if you fail again, so the fuck be it. Take the pain. Repeat these steps and keep fighting “
08. ” As humans, we’re reading books everyday to try to figure out how to be someone else. What we don’t do is go inside, turn ourselves inside out, and read our own story. You have to look inside to find out what you really want “
09. ” At the end of the day, hard work may not be enough. You still may fail. But you keep going out there and go after it “
10. ” Be more than motivated, be more than driven, become literally obsessed to the point where people think you’re f*cking nuts. “
11. ” Be true to whoever or whatever you are and wear it like a badge of honour. Fit in with one person and one person only: yourself. “
12. ” Before you open your mouth and criticise someone, think about how you would feel if you were the person you were criticising “
13. ” But what put distance between me and almost everybody else in that platoon is that I didn’t let my desire for comfort rule me. “
14. ” By the time I graduated, I knew that the confidence I’d managed to develop didn’t come from a perfect family or God-given talent. It came from personal accountability which brought me self respect, and self respect will always light a way forward “
15. ” Comfort zones: If you like in one too long…that becomes your norm. Get comfortable being uncomfortable “
16. ” Denial is the ultimate comfort zone “
17. ” Don’t be the person that looks at the weather report the night before to decide what you are going to do the next day “
18. ” Don’t get mad at others because life is kicking your ass “
19. ” Don’t let your body or mind do exactly what it wants to do! Take control! “
20. ” Don’t limit expectations of yourself and settle for anything less than what you are truly capable of achieving “
21. ” Don’t worry about the elements around you and what’s going on. You gotta get out there and get it “
22. ” Even if you are hurting, never let your competition see the look of defeat or even vulnerability on your face “
22. ” Everybody wants a quick fix like 6 minute abs – you may get some results from it, but those results won’t be permanent. The permanent results come from you having to suffer. You have to make that a tattoo on your brain so that when the hard time comes again, you don’t forget it “
23. ” Everyday you’re trying to find more of what you’re capable of – and that’s the big question. What are you capable of? Stop doing the things that you do every day. If you run everyday, go swim “
24. ” Everyone fails sometimes and life isn’t supposed to be fair, much less bend to your every whim “
25. ” Everything in life is a mind game! Whenever we get swept under by life’s dramas, large and small, we are forgetting that no matter how bad the pain gets, no matter how harrowing the torture, all bad things end “
26. ” Fear is my ultimate guide “
27. ” felt as a teenager, but instead of playing the victim and letting negative emotions sap my energy and force me to the surface, a failure, it was as if a new light blazed in my brain that allowed me to flip the script “
28. ” Get over whatever is stopping you from being your best self! Rather than use the obstacles and setbacks in your life as excuses, use them as the catalyst to get better and go further in life “
29. ” High achievement doesn’t require inborn talent. It requires working your ass off. Period “
30. ” Human beings change through study, habit, and stories “
31. ” I became the roughest critic in the world on myself, and that’s what truly changed me “
32. ” I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done “
33. ” I thought I’d solved a problem when really I was creating new ones by taking the path of least resistance “
34. ” I understand the temptation to sell short, but I also know that impulse is driven by your mind’s desire for comfort, and it’s not telling you the truth “
35. ” If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness “
36. ” If you can see yourself doing something, you can do it. If you can’t see yourself doing something, usually you can’t achieve it “
37. ” If you want to be one of the few to defy those trends in our ever-softening society, you will have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity, which requires an open mind “
38. ” If you want to get better, do the things that no-one else wants to do. Do the things that no-one is even thinking about doing. “
39. ” If you’re not physically and mentally prepared for what life is going to throw at you, then you’re just going to crumble, And then, you’re no good to nobody “
40. ” In life, there is no gift as overlooked or inevitable as failure. I’ve had quite a few and have learned to relish them, because if you do the forensics you’ll find clues about where to make adjustments and how to eventually accomplish your task “
42. ” In order for me to be the person that I wanted to become, I saw myself as the weakest person (that God) ever created. I wanted to change that into being the hardest man ever created “
43. ” In the military we always say we don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training “
44. ” Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. “
45. ” It’s about what we do with opportunities revoked or presented to us that determine how a story ends “
46. ” It’s easier to accept the fact that you’re just not good enough. We all have a lot more than we think we have”
47. ” it’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you, “
48. ” It’s a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day “
49. ” It’s funny, humans tend to hatch our most challenging goals and dreams, the ones that demand the our greatest effort yet promise absolutely nothing, when we are tucked into our comfort zones. “
50. ” just because you believe something doesn’t make it true. Denial is the ultimate comfort zone “
51. ” knew the empty feeling of giving up, but seeing them face to face reminded me that failure is a part of life and now we all had to press on “
52. ” Life is a battle between trying to find more of yourself knowing that the real you is afraid, likes comfort, likes to be patted on the back, and doing what you need to do to get better “
53. ” Life is one big tug of war between mediocrity and trying to find your best self “
54. ” life is one long motherf*cking imaginary game that has no scoreboard, no referee, and isn’t over until we’re dead and buried “
55. ” Life isn’t always about doing the things we like to do. It’s about doing things we have to do “
56. ” like the Taoists say, those that know don’t speak, and those who speak, well, they don’t know jack s*it. “
57. ” Luck is a capricious b*tch. It won’t always go your way, so you can’t get trapped in this idea that just because you’ve imagined a possibility for yourself that you somehow deserve it “
58. ” Most people who are criticising and judging haven’t even tried what you failed at “
59. ” Most people who doubt you doubt you because they can never see themselves doing what you are trying to do “
60. ” Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you’re driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed “
61. ” Never let people who choose the path of least resistance steer you away from your chosen path of most resistance “
62. ” No matter what you or I achieve, in sports, business, or life, we can’t be satisfied. Life is too dynamic a game. We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse “
63. ” no matter who you are, who your parents are or were, where you live, what you do for a living, or how much money you have, you’re probably living at about 40 percent of your true capability. “
64. ” No one is going to come help you. No one’s coming to save you “
65. ” Only you can master your mind, which is what it takes to live a bold life filled with accomplishments most people consider beyond their capability “
66. ” Out of every one hundred men,” he wrote, “ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior “
67. ” Pain unlocks a secret doorway in the mind, one that leads to both peak performance, and beautiful silence “
68. ” People take classes on self help, mental toughness, breathing control… the only way to get tougher is to put yourself in hellacious situations”
69. People take classes on self-help, mental toughness, breathing control – the only way to get tougher is to put yourself in hellacious situations.
70. ” Self-talk and visualisation are two keys to my success “
71. ” Show people, don’t tell people ! “
72. ” Sometimes you must go to war with yourself to fix yourself “
73. ” Stop making excuses. Stop being a victim. Take personal responsibility. Hold yourself accountable. Get comfortable with the uncomfortable. And finally, make your dreams come true “
74. ” Stop making excuses. Stop being a victim. Take personal responsibility “
75. ” Stop thinking and do something “
76. ” Success is based off of your willingness to work your ass off no matter what obstacles are in your way “
77. ” Suffering is a test. That’s all it is. Suffering is the true test of life “
78. ” Take time to take inventory of your life. Look in the mirror and hold yourself accountable “
79. ” Teach yourself that it isn’t ok to take the easy way out. Make sure you are bothered by the things you set out to do but did not complete or make time for in the day “
80. ” Tell yourself the truth! That you’ve wasted enough time, and that you have other dreams that will take courage to realise, so you don’t die a f*cking p*ssy “
81. ” The Buddha famously said that life is suffering. I’m not a Buddhist, but I know what he meant and so do you. To exist in this world, we must contend with humiliation, broken dreams, sadness, and loss.. “
82. ” the human body can withstand and accomplish a hell of a lot more than most of us think possible, and that it all begins and ends in the mind “
83. ” The mind is the most powerful thing in the world. The mind has capabilities that are so unknown, and being able to tap into that is on the other side of suffering. “
84. ” The more things you can do to get outside of that zone that makes you feel good, the stronger your mind is going to get. It starts getting used to doing (expletive) like this. It’s not fun, but now my mind is used to it “
85. ” The more things you can do to get outside of that zone that makes you feel good, the stronger your mind is going to get. It starts getting used to doing things like this. It’s not fun, but now my mind is used to it “
86. ” The most important conversation is the one you have with yourself “
87. ” The only person who was going to turn my life around was me. The only way I could get turned around was to put myself through the worst things possible that a human being could ever endure “
88. ” The only reason why I became successful was because I went towards the truth. As painful and as brutal as it is, it changed me. It allowed me, in my own right, to become the person who I am today “
89. ” The only thing more contagious than a good attitude is a bad one. “
90. ” The path to success will leave you callused, bruised, and very tired. It will also leave you empowered “
91. ” The people that can control that feeling of flight and say ‘No (expletive), there’s a way through this. It’s not going to be forever.’ are the ones that make it through it “
92. ” The things that we decide to run from are the truth. When you make excuses, you’re running from the truth “
93. ” The vast majority of us are slaves to our minds. Most don’t even make the first effort when it comes to mastering their thought process because it’s a never-ending chore and impossible to get right every time “
94. ” The worst thing that can happen to a man is to become civilised “
95. ” There is no better way to grow as a person than to do something you hate every dayz ”
96. ” There is no more time to waste. Hours and days evaporate like creeks in the desert. That’s why it’s okay to be cruel to yourself as long as you realise you’re doing it to become better. “
97. ” There’s a bunch of guys that don’t like me and I don’t give a (expletive). I’m a warrior. “
98. ” They see me now as the guy who can do 4,000 pull-ups in 24 hours, but what they don’t understand is the journey that got me to this point. Before this, I was the exact opposite of the person I am today “
99. ” This life is all a f*cking mind game. Realise that. Own it! “
100. ” To make fun of or try to intimidate someone they didn’t even know based on race alone was a clear indication that something was very wrong with them, not me “
101. ” To those people who say ‘I’m good’ – You aint good man, you ain’t never (expletive) arrived. That’s just my mentality… You may have more than I do, but you’ve never (expletive) arrived “
102. ” True will power. I’m going to (expletive) fail, I’m going to (expletive) fail, I’m going to (expletive) fail, and I will succeed “
103. ” We all like to take this four lane highway, but we always step over the shovel. All I did was pick up that shovel and made my own path “
104. ” We are all great. No matter if you think you’re dumb, fat, been bullied, we all have greatness. You gotta find the courage. It’s going to be hard work, discipline, and the non-cognitive skills – hard work, dedication, sacrifice – that will set you apart”
105. ” We habitually settle for less than our best; at work, in school, in our relationships, and on the playing field or race course “
106. ” We have the ability to go in such a space, if you’re willing to suffer, and I mean suffer, your brain and body once connected together, can do anything “
107. ” We have the ability to make very easy things seem impossible. Stop losing the mind game against yourself “
108. ” We like to live our lives on social media with lies about ourselves about how great we are. Get to the source! Fix the problem “
109. ” We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse “
110. ” What if is an exquisite f*ck-you to anyone who has ever doubted your greatness or stood in your way. It silences negativity. It’s a reminder that you don’t really know what you’re capable of until you put everything you’ve got on the line. It makes the “
111. ” When you fall down, focus on the solution, not the problem. You might quit or fail 100 times. Keep that clear picture of where you want to be “
112. ” When you think that you are done, you’re only 40% in to what your body’s capable of doing. That’s just the limits that we put on ourselves “
113. ” When you think you’re done, you’re only at 40% of your body’s capability “
114. ” When you’re exhausted, weak, and tired and everyone around you looks just as bad as you or even worse – that’s the perfect time for you to make a statement. You let everyone around you know that when their life ends, that’s when yours begins “
115. ” Whoever says you can’t develop mental toughness or anything else doesn’t truly understand the human mind or the human spirit “
116. ” You are giving up instead of getting hard! Tell the truth about the real reasons for your limitations and you will turn that negativity, which is real, into jet fuel. Those odds stacked against you will become a damn runway! “
117. ” You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realising your true potential. “
118. ” You are stopping you, you are giving up instead of getting hard “
119. ” You can be born in a f*cking sewer and still be the baddest motherf*cker on earth “
120. ” You can will yourself to do almost anything you want “
121. ” You can’t let a simple failure derail your mission, or let it worm so far up your ass it takes over your brain and sabotages your relationships with people who are close to you. Everyone fails sometimes and life isn’t supposed to be fair, much less bend to your every whim. “
122. ” You gotta start your journey. It may suck, but eventually you will come out the other side on top “
123. ” You have to build calluses on your brain just like how you build calluses on your hands. Callus your mind through pain and suffering “
124. ” You must recognise what you are about to do, highlight what you do not like about it, and spend time visualising each and every obstacle you can “
125. ” You need to stop talking like a wanna-be-gangster. None of this shit is gonna cut it! No more taking the easy way out! It’s time to grow the f*ck up! “
126. ” You want to be uncommon amongst uncommon people. Period “
127. ” You will never learn from people if you always tap dance around the truth “
128. ” You’re gonna fail, you’re gonna be in your head, and you’re gonna be saying I’m not good enough. It’s about how you overcome that “
129. ” You’re not going to find greatness by looking in a book or by listening to me. I may give you the spark, but you’ve got to go inside yourself to find it “
130. ” Your entitled mind is dead weight. Cut it loose. Don’t focus on what you think you deserve. Take aim on what you are willing to earn! “
