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The NBA has a voice that's why they have a lockout. The NFL has a voice that's why they had a lockout. Boxing is the only sport that's individually represented the individual people - Managers, Promoters and Boxers.

The need of the hour is to think big. The more we focus on skill, scale & speed, it will increase India's growth trajectory.

The next 30 days are going to pass whether you like it or not, so why not think about something you have always wanted to try and give it a shot for the next 30 days?

The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many.

The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead. Ask about the scale of their dreams.

Then it crosses my mind, "But I’m a very busy woman! I don’t have time for a stroke!

The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.

The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.

The older I get, the more I see how much motivations matter. The Zune was crappy because the people at Microsoft don’t really love music or art the way we do. We won because we personally love music.

The one strongest, most important part of my game is that I want to be the best. I won't accept anything less that that. My ability to concentrate and work toward hat goal has been my greatest asset.

The ones who are successful are the ones who really want it. You have to have that inner drive otherwise it's not going to work out.

The one thing that's hurt in my career is people saying I don't want to come out of Manchester to fight people.

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

The only limit to the power of Almighty God lies within you & me.

The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way.

The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.

The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything.

The only thing that matters my goal my reward my beginning my end is the work itself. My work done my way. A private personal selfish egotistical motivation. That’s the only way I function. That’s all I am.

The only thing on my mind is getting into that ring and destroying a boxing myth, someone who has reached a level of infamy through doing a number of stupid things.

The only way to be a champion is by going through these forced reps and the torture and pain. That's way I call it the torture routine. Because it's like forced torture. Torturing my body. What helps me is to think of this pain as pleasure. Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure. And so when I am experiencing pain I'm in heaven. It's great. People suggest this is masochistic. But they're wrong. I like pain for a particular reason. I don't like needle's stuck in my arm. But I do like the pain that is necessary to be a champion.

The only way you can get experience is from the clock. Time works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the clock has worked in my favor.

The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful.

The other champions don't want to fight me. Every single one.

[The oyster] accepts algae and detritus in one end - and through this beautiful, glamorous set of stomach organs, out the other end comes cleaner water.

The parents in the room know that texting is actually the best way to communicate with your kids. It might be the only way to communicate with your kids.

The part that sickens me about boxing is guys fight their whole careers and they have nothing to show for it. That's not going to be my testimony. When it's time to get out of the game, I want to be able to walk away. I'm not going to jeopardize my health. I will have no problems walking away.

The path of mastering something is the combination of not only doing the best you can do at it, but also doing it the best it can be done.

The pavilion that seems to intercept divine aid does not cover God but occasionally covers us. God is never hidden, yet sometimes we are, covered by a pavilion of motivations that draw us away from God and make Him seem distant and inaccessible.

The pavilion that seems to be hiding you from God may be fear of man rather than this desire to serve others. The Savior's only motivation was to help people... I challenge you to go for the Lord to someone, despite any fear you may have, to extend love and forgiveness. I promise you that as you do, you will feel the love of the Savior for that person and His love for you, and it will not seem to come from a great distance.

The placebo effect is one of the most fascinating things in the whole of medicine. It's not just about taking a pill, and your performance and your pain getting better. It's about our beliefs and expectations. It's about the cultural meaning of a treatment.

The plaintiff cannot dive into the secret recesses of his (the defendant's) heart.

The point about democracy is not that it delivers legitimate, effective, prosperous rule of law. It's not that it guarantees peace with itself or with its neighbors. ... Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality.

The poor need the motivation, the incentives, the skills, the education so they can help themselves.

The poorest person is not one without a dollar but one without a dream.

The position that God promised the church is to influence the society. We are to govern the attitude and the conduct and the motivation of the human race.

The possibility of remedying imprudent actions is commonly an inducement to commit them.

The power of mathematics is often to change one thing into another, to change geometry into language.

The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.

The prime minister is 12 years old. She looks after 20 goats in the morning, but she's prime minister in the evening.

The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

The problem is if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you’ll also, by implication … believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there.

The primary motivation in the world of television is fear. People are scared to death. Ambition and enthusiasm and interest and the desire to excel are secondary. Because fear is an enormous motivating force, many in the medium are afraid to make decisions, take chances, do anything innovative.

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in?

The pro-psychedelic plant position is clearly an antidrugs position. Drug dependencies are the result of habitual, unexamined, and obsessive behavior; these are precisely the tendencies in our psychological makup that the psychedelics mitigate. The plant hallucinogens dissolve habits and hold motivations up to inspection by a wider, less egocentric, and more grounded point of view within the individual.

The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously varied, and the reasons why scientists go into science, the personal motivations, are tremendously varied. I have said ... that science is a haven for freaks, that people go into science because they are misfits, and that it is a sheltered place where they can spin their own yarn and have recognition, be tolerated and happy, and have approval for it.

The question, 'Why does she stay?' is code for some people for, 'It's her fault for staying,' as if [domestic violence] victims intentionally choose to fall in love with men intent upon destroying us.

The real troublemakers are anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred. With them, problems cannot be solved. Though we may have temporary success, ultimately our hatred or anger will create futher difficulties. Anger makes for swift solutions. Yet, when we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better.

There are all these athletes out there cheating. I am clean and pure.

The real motivation of the campaign to criminalize abortion is to establish the principles that women's bodies belong to the state and that women bear the responsibility for sex.