Quotes by David Goggins

You are exposing yourself, as you truly are, in front of your worst enemy every single day, and that’s yourself.

When you get to a point where you don't have to impress anyone, your freedom will begin.

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.

I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done.

The cookie jar is a metaphor for self-talk and your history - reminding yourself of all the successes you’ve had.

We all have a voice inside our heads that criticizes us, doubts us, tells us we're not good enough. It's how we deal with that voice that determines our destinies.

If you can see yourself doing something, you can do it. If you can't see yourself doing it, usually you can't achieve it.

When you're going through hell, the only way out is to go deeper and through it, not around it.

Every morning in our lives, we have a choice to make. You have the choice to stay in bed and say 'Forget it, I'm not going to work out today.' Or 'Forget it, I'm not going to work hard today.' That's your choice.

When you think that you're done, you're only 40% into what your body's capable of doing. That's just the limits that we put on ourselves.

We live in an external world. Everything, you gotta see it, touch it. If you can't see it, touch it, it doesn't exist. That's how we're living.

Everything in life is a mind game. If you don't believe you can do something, then you can't.

The most important conversation is the one you have with yourself.

It's so easy to be great nowadays because everyone else is weak.

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.

The only way you're going to get to the other side of this journey is to suffer.

Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you're driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed.

The only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill.

You will never learn from people if you always tap dance around the truth.

No one is going to give you anything. You've got to go out and fight for it.