Quotes by Steve Backley

Trust in your own beliefs or succumb to the influence of others’.

For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable.

They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game.

Lucky people will focus on what’s in front of them rather than scrabbling about for what they’re searching for.

See it first in your mind, then become it.

The sprint is like life ... blink and you miss it.

If you are able to focus unswervingly on your goals, then all that you desire will become yours.

The only test is what you see when you look in a mirror.

See it, feel it, trust it!

Success is simply never giving in to failure either in mind or body.

Mix with positive-minded people as a means to tap into your unexploited potential.

Tell me your thinking, and I’ll tell you what your life looks like.

The people and successes in your life mirror your beliefs.

Success is virulent. Once you get the bug then it’s in you.

These are the people who will encourage you to go after your dreams and will inspire you to succeed. Stick to them like a barnacle to a rock.

Nothing could be any worse than having to turn to your friends, your colleagues and your loved ones and say –‘I gave up too soon’.

It is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it.

If not you, who?

Do you want to know what one of the secrets to achieving all of your goals is? You’ve got to be committed.

When you think a positive thought, you become positive.

Your current apathy is simply your soul telling you that it is confused.

The challenge for you is to decide not what is important, but what is most important and then focus your attention on that.

To think is good. To obsess is bad.

Invest your energy in the things you can control.

Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome.

It is action that creates motivation.

Share your aspirations only with those who will support you, not those who will respond with doubt or lack of interest.

If you have positive energy you will always attract positive outcomes.

Act like a champion, and then become one.

If not now, when?

If obstacles are large, jump higher.

You have to create your self-belief by going to your core to find the probable reasons for the negativity in you, and then demolish them.

Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and do it.

If you remain static and wait for success to come to you it will certainly not happen.

If you want to continue to be the best in the world, then you have to train and compete like you are second best in the world.

The first step is the most important. It is the most crucial and the most effective as it will initiate the direction you have chosen.

Compete like you cannot fail.

Too often, people get stuck in a state of over-thinking, the result is that they never reach a decision.

The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation.

You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive.

It is never about who is right or wrong, it is about what is best.

Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts.

Athletes who are able to stay completely focused in pursuit of their dreams are the ones that are most likely to become champions.

Success is a decision, not a gift.