David Goggins indisputably is one of the world’s top endurance athletes. An exemplary man, David has built a career with his own philosophies and ideas, inspiring everyone through his life and events.
Born on February 17, 1975, David Goggins is a former Navy SEAL, an ultramarathon runner, triathlete and cyclist, who have craved impossible challenges and competed more than 70 endurance races. Helmed as the ‘toughest man on the planet,’ David has placed 3rd at the Badwater 135 Death Valley, the world’s toughest foot race, and regularly placed in the top five in other ultramarathons. He also holds the Guinness World Record for the most pull-ups done in 24 hours completing 4,030 in 17 hours.
David’s world of expertise extends beyond his athletic skills and knowledge. He is a well-known author and public speaker, motivating and inspiring individuals across all ages. So if you need a little push in life to reach your goals, this list of 20 best David Goggins quotes can motivate you to get started.
Quotes from David Goggins’s Bestselling Audiobook ‘Can’t Hurt Me’
- “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.”
- “Everyone fails sometimes and life isn’t supposed to be fair, much less bend to your every whim.”
- “It’s a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self-discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day.”
- “Breaking the shackles and stretching beyond our own perceived limits takes hard fucking work—oftentimes physical work—and when you put yourself on the line, self doubt and pain will greet you with a stinging combination that will buckle your knees.”
- “If you want to master the mind and remove your governor, you’ll have to become addicted to hard work. Because passion and obsession, even talent, are only useful tools if you have the work ethic to back them up.”
David Goggins Motivational Quotes
- “It’s about what we do with opportunities revoked or presented to us that determine how a story ends.”
- “It’s funny, humans tend to hatch our most challenging goals and dreams, the ones that demand our greatest effort yet promise absolutely nothing when we are tucked into our comfort zones.”
- “Motivation is a crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you’re driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed.”
- “If you’re willing to suffer, and I mean suffer, your brain and body once connected together, can do anything.”
- “When you think that you are done, you’re only 40% into what your body’s capable of doing. That’s just the limits that we put on ourselves.”
David Goggins Quotes About Hard Work
- “I don’t stop when I’m tired, I stop when I’m done.”
- “No one is going to come help you. No one’s coming to save you.”
- “The hard part is getting to that point, because the ticket to victory often comes down to bringing your very best when you feel your worst.”
- “Denial is the ultimate comfort zone.”
- “Fear is my ultimate guide.”
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David Goggins Quotes About Life
- “Seeds burst from the inside out in a self-destructive ritual of new life.”
- “We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse.”
- “You may lose the battle of the morning but don’t lose the war of the day.”
- “Life is the most brutal endurance sport of all time!”
- “Suffering is a test. That’s all it is. Suffering is the true of life.”
David Goggins speaks on a range of topics and certainly has a different perspective on life. His keynotes are uplifting and inspiring individuals through his powerful messages to achieve success in life.
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