It Takes What It Takes Quotes

“The most dangerous bias when discussing performance is our innate privileging of the past. We elevate the past. We give it too much importance. We serve the past when we should be giving it a wide berth.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“It takes a plan to achieve anything of value. When you plan, you identify an end goal and then chart out neutral behaviors that can help you reach that goal.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“We attack and DOMINATE in all areas of our lives consistently. We lead by example and understand that preparation is the key to our success.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“The next time life presents you with a challenge, don’t simply assume everything will work out. Don’t tell yourself you can’t do it. Just evaluate the situation. Figure out what you can accomplish right now. Then draw your line. When you cross that line, draw another one. And keep going. There”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“That’s neutral. Staying in the moment, giving each moment its own history, and reacting to events as they unfold. It takes away emotion and replaces it with behaviors. Instead of asking, “How do I feel?” you should be asking yourself, “What do I do?”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“I already possessed the tools to navigate the time ahead, even under the most brutally difficult circumstances.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“We have more power over ourselves than anyone else does.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“When the strongest, smartest people face the toughest challenges of their lives, their instinct is to think neutrally.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“I have no doubts that the best is ahead.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“To be aware of the past. Grounded in the present. In control of the next behavior.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“The Illusion of Choice” — A lot of times we feel as if we have choices to make about where we want to go and WHAT IT TAKES to get there. — The REALITY is that what it takes to succeed is not REALLY a choice. — WE GET tired of talking about it. — I get tired of talking about it. — I know we all do—but we are going to talk about it until we RESOLVE it. — ANYONE who runs a marathon will tell you that miles twenty to twenty-six are the hardest. — AND ANYONE who quits running at mile twenty-two will tell you that they immediately felt better—and IT’S TRUE. But days later when they read about the people who finished ahead of them—who kept running—they will have instant regret. — MY point is that THE ONLY CHOICE YOU HAD was to come to this school. — ONCE you chose that, you said, “I’M GOING TO BE ELITE.” — If that’s true, then the FORMULA is the FORMULA. — YEARS from now when they look back at this ALABAMA team, all that WILL BE LEFT is WHAT WE DID. — NOT what WE COULD HAVE DONE, if only this or this happened. — IF we are ELITE—IF we are a team who BELIEVES BIG—then WE DON’T have a “choice” about how we finish this SPRING. — NONE. — THIS game rewards people who DO IT RIGHT. — THIS game has demands—YOU DO them and succeed or YOU DON’T do them and you struggle. THERE is no middle area. — MY point is we don’t “have a choice” about how we are going to do things if we are going to STAY TRUE to the goals WE ALL made to start this year.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“You never really know what is going to cause the breakthrough. Each situation has its own history and circumstances. But when they get it, it’s like a brake being released. They reach maximum velocity quickly.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

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― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“What happened happened. Okay. Fine. What happens next has nothing to do with that.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“The simple truth is you have all their grit, toughness, and ability to cut through the bullshit. Thank you for your neutral approach, and for your tremendous skill doing your job at an elite level.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“What am I saying to myself? What am I saying to my teammates? What language am I using? How am I impacting myself? How am I impacting others? How am I being my best self every time I step on the field? It’s critical to have a fundamental mental plan.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“Lastly, to my father, thank you for the life you lived and the example you set for me. I love you. I close with one of your famous teachings. I don’t think I’ve ever heard it said better. “The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours—it is an amazing journey—and you alone are responsible for the quality of it.” —Trevor Moawad”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“He responded with a classic SEAL way of looking at adversity: in the middle of a period of adversity, we have an opportunity to stress-test our own belief system.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“You can do what you feel, or you can do what you choose.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“There is no choice. It takes what it takes.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“Injury is its way of protecting you and telling you to change something.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“Correct choices don’t help only when competing against other people. You can make choices that lead to behaviors that make you a better spouse. A better parent. A more physically and mentally fit person.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“The top performer at your company probably also lives this way. Their real mission and true purpose? Living in alignment with their visions and being driven to fulfill them. They are defined by their own behaviors, not by anyone else’s opinion of them. That quality, that ability to determine one’s own true north, is something that unites successful people across every sport, industry, and military unit I’ve ever seen.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“The pressure might make you reach out to people you were scared to approach before. It might embolden you to try something you never would have before. It might lead you to a better situation if you steer into the pressure instead of away from it.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“Thinking about all 26.2 miles is overwhelming. Thinking about the next few steps is manageable,”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“Life rewards those who start.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“Greatness is available to anyone—including your opponents—and the pressure is on you to snatch it first.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“It’s hard to feel our way into achieving a damn thing.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“It’s about creating the opportunity to win by behaving like people who win.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

“But it’s what’s next that matters, not what was. What’s next is the only thing you can still influence.”
― Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life