David Goggins in Interview

Natalie
3 min readJun 15, 2021

“Denial is the ultimate comfort zone.” — David Goggins

“Don’t kill them with kindness, torture them with success” — David Goggins

“We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse.” — David Goggins

“Only you can master your mind, which is what it takes to live a bold life filled with accomplishments most people consider beyond their capability.” — David Goggins

“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 you are.” — David Goggins

“I’m not gifted, I’m driven.” — David Goggins

“I don’t stop when I’m tired, I stop when I’m done.” — David Goggins

“You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.” — David Goggins

“From the time you take your first breath, you become eligible to die. You also become eligible to find your greatness and become the one warrior” — David Goggins

“We live in a society where mediocrity is often rewarded” — David Goggins”

“Be more than motivated, be more than driven, become literally obsessed to the point where people think you’re f*cking nuts.” — David Goggins

“Greatness pulls mediocrity into the mud. Get out there and get after it.” — David Goggins

“The worst thing that can happen to a man is to become civilized” — David Goggins

“Mental toughness is a lifestyle.” — David Goggins

“If you choose to do something, attack it.” — David Goggins

“A warrior is a guy that goes, I’m here again today. I’ll be here again tomorrow and the next day. It’s a person who puts no limit on what’s possible.” — David Goggins

“Don’t focus on what you think you deserve. Take aim at what you are willing to earn.” — David Goggins

“If you’re willing to suffer, and I mean suffer, your brain and body once connected together, can do anything.” — David Goggins

“Never let people who choose the path of least resistance steer you away from your chosen path of most resistance.” — David Goggins

“You want to be uncommon amongst uncommon people. Period.” — David Goggins

“The only thing more contagious than a good attitude is a bad one.” — David Goggins

“It’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you.” — David Goggins

“Pain unlocks a secret doorway in the mind, one that leads to both peak performance, and beautiful silence.” — David Goggins

“We all need small sparks, small accomplishments in our lives to fuel the big ones […] Because its the small sparks, which start small fires, that eventually build enough heat to burn the whole f*cking forest down.” — David Goggins

“You have to build calluses on your brain just like how you build calluses on your hands. Callus your mind through pain and suffering.” — David Goggins

“Seeds burst from the inside out in a self-destructive ritual of new life.” — David Goggins

“Nobody cares what you did yesterday. What have you done today to better yourself?” — David Goggins

“We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.” — David Goggins

“Tell yourself the truth! That you’ve wasted enough time, and that you have other dreams that will take courage to realize, so you don’t die a f*cking p*ssy.” — David Goggins

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