Michael Strahan > Quotes

“Just thinking about it ain't gonna make it happen. wanting it to happen, ain't gonna make it happen. Expect it to happen, and work every day to make it so.”
― Michael Strahan, Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life

“I’ve learned how to turn self-doubt into an energy source and to metabolize fear into a result-producing adrenaline.”
― Michael Strahan, Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life

“Other people can spark a vision for your life, but until you can hold that dream in your own head and your own heart, it’s never going to come true.”
― Michael Strahan, Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life

“Don’t ask anybody to give you anything, just ask them to give you an opportunity. You can be anything you want to be, just know you’re going to have to work for it.”
― Michael Strahan, Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life

“I try to navigate my life as if it were a Ferrari. The more conscious I am, the more I process the information I’m given and readjust based on what I’ve learned, the smoother my ride in life becomes.”
― Michael Strahan, Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life

“Too many of us count ourselves out before we even get a chance. We can be our own worst enemies. Do the work. Be excellent. You’ll find your place, and it may just be where you least expect it.”
― Michael Strahan, Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life

“When you're a 20-something-year-old athlete and you're getting a six-figure check every week, you're not thinking about next week. You're not thinking, 'I'm going to be broke,' or 'I'm going to need another job.' But I'll tell you, there are a lot of broke athletes out there - I know plenty - and I didn't want to end up as one.”
― Michael Strahan

“I willed myself to breathe. Deep breath in. Deep breath out. It's the simplest thing to do, but the easiest thing to forget when you're in the thick of things.”
― Michael Strahan, Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life

“Mentally rehearse the big moment. Be it a job interview or a presentation or any other kind of high-pressure task, picture yourself completing the task. Take your time, find a quiet space, and imagine how you will look, what you want to say, how you want to feel. Scientists say that the more you picture yourself doing a task, the more your brain begins to believe that the task is easy and manageable. It’s like Dr. Charlie Wilson imagining the surgery before it happens. By the time the moment comes, you walk into the room with more confidence and the feeling that you’ve been there before, because mentally you have. • Do more than see it. For visualization to be even more effective, don’t just use your sense of sight, use all five senses. The more you can close”
― Michael Strahan, Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life