For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.
When I look back, I think I must have been hugely motivated. I would have loved for somebody to say, 'You go for it!' I just didn't have that.
From the time I was growing up, if I felt that there was some, like, pot of gold waiting for me, I don't know that I would have been so motivated.
I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated.
I've never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I've never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I've put into my game right now has paid off, but I've got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.
It's easy for me to be motivated and inspired by seeing somebody who just goes all out to do something.
I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful.
Nothing can motivate me any more than I'm already motivated. It just can't happen. Me being motivated was never a factor. Never.
I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
I try not to do anything I don't like, so I stay motivated pretty easily.