![Positive self-expectancy is the first, most outwardly identifiable quality of a top-achieving, winning human being. Positive self-expectancy is pure and simple optimism: real enthusiasm for everything you do... [while] expecting the most favorable result from your own actions. There never was a winner who didn't expect to win in advance. Winners understand that life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. And they know that you usually get what you expect in the long run.](/assets/img/quote-photos/positive-self-expectancy-is-the-first-most-outwardly-identifiable-quality-of-a-t.jpg)
Related Quotes
running starts
It all starts with who we got running the country, Robert Gilmore
running stop
He can run, ... This doesn't stop him from running the football. Andy Reid
running seniors
What you are doing is running the seniors out of Worthington.
running
It could be worse, ... I'm already kind of running around and jumping. They kind of said to me, 'Just see how you feel.' Lindsay Whalen
running talked week
We talked all week about establishing the running game. We established out running game, and now we can see that we can run and pass. Derrick Williams
running
I was just running and I lowered my shoulder. That's it.
running problem enough
You cannot outwalk your problems. Can never run fast enough to evade them completely. Carl Jung
running brother heart
Archie became absolutely still, afraid that the rapid beating of his heart might betray his sudden knowledge, the proof of what he'd always suspected, not only of Brother Leon but most grownups, most adults: they were vulnerable, running scared, open to invasion. Robert Cormier
running real giving
Love never gives in or up, holding tight to lofty ideals that transcend this earth and time, while its counterfeit simply concludes it was mistaken and quickly runs off to find the next real thing. Richard Paul Evans
realized
I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's impossible to do both. Sam Hunt
realized
I think we realized what was at stake, Joe Gibbs
realize
I think we're so competitive, ... he wouldn't even realize I'm his brother. Justin Upton
realized
I think we all realized that we had really been replicating things that had already been happening. I don't know if we were smart enough to realize that we were in a cul-de-sac, but we were curious.
realize respect russian sacrifice sincerely willing
It is important that the Russian authorities realize that we are sincerely willing to respect Russia's interests. But we are not going to sacrifice our interests, either.
real love-you acceptance
It's not that kind of love. It's the real kind. The unconditional kind. The nonjudgemental kind. Not the physical kind. I love you as a fellow soul who inhabits this earth. I love you as a fellow immortal. I love you because I finally understand what made you the way you are. And if I could change it, I would. But I can't—so I choose to love you instead. And my hope is that my acceptance of you will spur you to do something good too, but if not—" I shrug. "At least I can say I tried.
real successful want
I want to be a successful landlord. I like real estate.
real men honest
The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy. Robert E. Lee
real flower tired
I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell me anything was better than blues. Robert Cray
winning trying littles
If you ain't trying to cheat a little, you ain't likely to win much. Richard Petty
winning want losing
No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.
winning bigs nobel
Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something. Richard P. Feynman
winning games soul
This isn’t a game. We don’t want mediocre employees who can keep the status quo. We want souls. We want to win. And you’ve spent most of your time here being mediocre. Richelle Mead
winning games seven
You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win. Retief Goosen
winning goal proud
My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win. Ronaldinho
winning people lucky
The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it'll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything. Ronda Rousey
winning technology race
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Rick Cook
winning vision
I have no happy fairyland vision that she can win. Woodrow Wilson