The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you're not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you're satisfied and make you happy, you're not getting stronger. You're staying where you're at. Either you're getting better,… — David Goggins Copy Share Image
Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, 'How did you get to where… — David Goggins Copy Share Image
Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who… — David Goggins Copy Share Image
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. — David Goggins Copy Share Image
I'm different than most people...when I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I'm thinking about… — David Goggins Copy Share Image
I swam underwater for 50 meters at a time and walked the length of the pool underwater, with a brick in each hand, all… — David Goggins Copy Share Image
“You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.” — David Goggins Copy Share Image
Failure is an option. It's what you do with the failure that makes you who you are. Our failures mold us. I have failed… — David Goggins Copy Share Image
If you sit there and have that mentality of 'triple down on what you're good at,' you're never going to grow. You're always going… — David Goggins Copy Share Image
Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don't want to suffer. We don't want to feel discomfort. So… — David Goggins Copy Share Image
It's like a muscle - if you stop going to the gym or stop running, you get weak. The military teaches you these great… — David Goggins Copy Share Image
I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive… — David Goggins Copy Share Image
“By the time I graduated, I knew that the confidence I'd managed to develop didn't come from a perfect family or God-given talent. It… — David Goggins Copy Share Image
You have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity. — David Goggins Copy Share Image
