David Goggins Quotes

United States, Runner
February 17, 1975

David Goggins is an American ultramarathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, triathlete, motivational speaker and author. He is a retired United States Navy SEAL and former United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party member who served in the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. He is a former world record holder for the most pull-ups done in 24 hours. His self-help memoir, Can't Hurt Me, was released in 2018.

Also known as Cyclist, Speaker, Author

With the Special Ops Warrior Foundation's help, we put 266 kids through college last year. And that's what keeps me going. I'll be honest, I don't like running. I don't like biking. I don't like swimming. I do it to raise money. But, now that I'm in this sport, I want to see how far I can push myself. What makes me tick is that pain you feel when you do these ultramarathons. I love knowing that everyone's suffering because I know I can suffer just a little bit more. I can take a lot of pain.

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- Money
- Running
- College
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.

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- Moment
- Point
- Quit

I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done

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- Done
- Stop
- Tired
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 at several things in my life. What sets some of us apart, is that when we fail, we can't sleep at night. It haunts us until we have our time at redemption.

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- Sleep
- Failure
- Option
It hurts, but that’s all it does. The most difficult part of the training is training your mind. You build calluses on your feet to endure the road. You build calluses on your mind to endure the pain. There’s only one way to do that. You have to get out there and run.

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- Mind
- Pain
- Difficult
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 what I'm going to do tomorrow. It's as If my Journey is everlasting and there is no finish line

David Goggins
Don't Stop when you are Tired. Stop When You are Done.

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- Done
- Stop
- Tired
When you think that you are done you're only 40% in to what your body's capable of doing.that's just the limits that we put on ourselves.

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- Think
- Limits
- Capable

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.

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- Yourself
- Doing
- Achieve