Famous and not so famous people that inspire you/stories that motivate you

Chin Stroker

I'll start with Michael Jordan;

[FONT=Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif]"I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."[/FONT]

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Joe Higgins, used to own a bar in South Dublin in the 80's, man he could drink Pints

mattjack

My mate Locker , he hit his brother in the back , who was cycling away from us through traffic from about fifty yards with a sliotar .
Nearly killed the little fucker.

Czarcasm

I've never been inspired nor motivated by anyone who sought credit for their achievements.

Motivating and inspiring other people to fulfill their full potential is what motivates and inspires me.

Stone Deaf 4evr

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson - basically took himself from the ghetto to being on the top 10 highest paid stars in Hollywood.

a selection of quotes....

Success at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.”

“Success isn’t always about ‘Greatness’, it’s about consistency. Consistent, hard work gains success. Greatness will come.”

“In 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and knew two things: I’m broke as hell and one day I won’t be.”

Be the person that when your feet touch the floor in the morning the devil says, “aww ****.. they’re up”.

Think back 5 yrs ago. Think of where you’re at today. Think ahead 5 yrs andwhat you want to accomplish. Be Unstoppable.

“If something stands between you and your success – move it. Never be denied.”

“Success isn’t overnight. It’s when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up.”

4zn76tysfajdxp

Lance Armstrong, a man who refused to let the rules and guidelines of some stupid cycling organisations stop him from realising his dream of raising millions of dollars for cancer research. What a hero.

bumper234

Y'all need to get your priorities right!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ZuKF3dxCY

mattjack

Maryam Modern Lace wrote: »

Lance Armstrong, a man who refused to let the rules and guidelines of some stupid cycling organisations stop him from realising his dream of raising millions of dollars for cancer research. What a hero.

His Dad , Neil , was pretty inspiring too.

Clandestine

John Rabe
Carl Sagan
Plato, Socrates, Diogenes and the other classical greats
Bill gates
Nietzsche

Forgetting plenty of others, but there you go

KeithM89

Chin Stroker

Joanna Rowling was rejected by many publishers and when the first edition of the first Harry Potter novel was published the print run was only 1000. She was advised to disguise her feminine identity - hence the "JK", the K being an invention for the purpose.

Wacker The Attacker

Cytherea. She squirted her way to stardom and made a generation of young men **** themselves dry at the sight of her vadge.

mad muffin

bumper234 wrote: »

Y'all need to get your priorities right!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ZuKF3dxCY

Some bizzar videos linked off that video :eek:

bumper234

mad muffin wrote: »

Some bizzar videos linked off that video :eek:

This can be said of 90% of youtube video's:)

GLaDOS

Chin Stroker wrote: »

She was advised to disguise her feminine identity - hence the "JK", the K being an invention for the purpose.

So the inspiration is, that if people don't like you for who you are, fool them into thinking you're someone else? :pac:

Ann22

Keith wrote: »

Hahaha!:D............actually I should use that quote to live my life 'cos I do and say a lot of idiotic things:(

major bill

Robbed from You feel you lose thrend but this Guy!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdBJ1X33rXM

My granny isn't famous but she's been through what the Chinese call 'interesting times'. She's lived through heartbreak and hardship, as well as good times, with wisdom and humour and the kind of grace I'll never have. She has an innate intelligence that still sparkles when she talks about something she's interested in, and she really is my inspirational hero.

I just talked to her on the phone so apologies for the gushiness but I really do love my gran

Chin Stroker

Candie wrote: »

My granny isn't famous but she's been through what the Chinese call 'interesting times'. She's lived through heartbreak and hardship, as well as good times, with wisdom and humour and the kind of grace I'll never have. She has an innate intelligence that still sparkles when she talks about something she's interested in, and she really is my inspirational hero.

I just talked to her on the phone so apologies for the gushiness but I really do love my gran

bumper234

Candie wrote: »

My granny isn't famous but she's been through what the Chinese call 'interesting times'. She's lived through heartbreak and hardship, as well as good times, with wisdom and humour and the kind of grace I'll never have. She has an innate intelligence that still sparkles when she talks about something she's interested in, and she really is my inspirational hero.

I just talked to her on the phone so apologies for the gushiness but I really do love my gran

This is probably my favorite post on boards in the short time i have been here. Thank you for sharing

Chin Stroker

Winston Churchill

Inspired a nation to take on Hitler and win. He gave some speeches that still inspire today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utv9rCHlpkM

mattjack

Candie wrote: »

My granny isn't famous but she's been through what the Chinese call 'interesting times'. She's lived through heartbreak and hardship, as well as good times, with wisdom and humour and the kind of grace I'll never have. She has an innate intelligence that still sparkles when she talks about something she's interested in, and she really is my inspirational hero.

I just talked to her on the phone so apologies for the gushiness but I really do love my gran

She told you to post that , didn't she ..... she fooled ya again.





I'm joking...

monkeysnapper

Rocky balboa . How many times that man got knocked down and he still got back up for more . And then in his later years he got himself a licence to fight again after his wife had died .
Everybody took the piss out of him and even his own son didn't believe in him and he did himself proud.

seven_eleven

Commander Chris Hadfield.

He's a real hero, inspiring, an amazing man. He has so much videos on youtube, interviews, educational insights, and much more!

I know these videos arent that amazing, but I love his fascination with the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LprGBnJxKg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo

Another inspirational space speech discussing whats known as the "big picture effect". (not by chris hadfield)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE-PUTVULFg

nacho libre

Clair Patterson

Grayson

Matt from the "Where the hell is Matt" music video's. It's a very stupid thing to say is inspiring, but the guy has the perfect life as far as I'm concerned her gets to head around the world seeing some pretty cool stuff.

Here's the 2nd, 3rd and 4th video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwe-pA6TaZk

For the background, he made a back packing video and a confectionery company saw it. They asked him to make more as a promo for the chewing gum they made. So he's made 3 huge round the world trips, on an itinerary he designed, and filmed a few seconds in each one.

PizzamanIRL

Jedward - showed the world that faking an American accent and acting like 10 year olds can get you famous.

Chin Stroker

Grayson wrote: »

Matt from the "Where the hell is Matt" music video's.

I forget which of the Matt videos he picked but the founder of YouTube has said its his favourite YT clip of all time. They really are incredible

smurphy69

"Everybody, one day will die, and be forgetton. Act and behave in a way that will make life interesting and fun, **** a mundane predictable life working monday to friday with something you derive no pleasure from; just living life out till you grow old and wither away. Find a passion, form relationships, dont be afraid to get out there and **** what everyone else thinks, trust me its alot more fun that way.

Dont ever pay people out or put people down. Instead just put yourself up and let the haters do their thing. Id rather be a person thats hated on, than a person that does the hating. A wise man one said...

Haters gonna hate!" - Aziz "Zyzz" Shavershian

ViveLaVie

Chin Stroker wrote: »

Joanna Rowling was rejected by many publishers and when the first edition of the first Harry Potter novel was published the print run was only 1000. She was advised to disguise her feminine identity - hence the "JK", the K being an invention for the purpose.

The K is for Kathleen, the name of her paternal grandmother. Her own name's Joanne though, not Joanna.

Very inspiring. A lot of famous writers have experienced a lot of rejection too. Just goes to show you should persevere!

xii

smurphy69 wrote: »

"Everybody, one day will die, and be forgetton. Act and behave in a way that will make life interesting and fun, **** a mundane predictable life working monday to friday with something you derive no pleasure from; just living life out till you grow old and wither away. Find a passion, form relationships, dont be afraid to get out there and **** what everyone else thinks, trust me its alot more fun that way.

Dont ever pay people out or put people down. Instead just put yourself up and let the haters do their thing. Id rather be a person thats hated on, than a person that does the hating. A wise man one said...

Haters gonna hate!" - Aziz "Zyzz" Shavershian

Share this and you will have a wish come true in 10 minutes.

smurphy69

xii wrote: »

Share this and you will have a wish come true in 10 minutes.

You 'mirin?

xii

smurphy69 wrote: »

You 'mirin?

You 'Worcestershire?

Sulla Felix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9FSZJu448

Sky King

I like the story of John Harrison, who was a carpenter who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time - the longitude problem.

He had to overcome not just scientific and engineering challenges but his rivals' bitterness, jealously and major class discrimination in 18th Century Britain by society's elite.

He solved the longitude problem by developing a revolutionary series of clock designs that were astoundingly accurate. He worked at them for virtually his entire life - the last one taking about 20 years to complete.

He persevered and was successful in the end, though he was in his 80's before he was fully acknowledged for what he had achieved.

smurphy69

xii wrote: »

You 'Worcestershire?

Ye brah fuaaaaark

KKkitty

My mam. She found out early in life that her sister was her real mother, was forced by god fearing catholic family to give her first born away, buried my younger brother when I was 2, had 10 other kids(most including myself gave her no end of trouble when we were growing up), never got a real break in life and even her real mam would never acknowledge her. My mam went through all that and still got up every morning and fed and clothed me and my siblings as best she could.

markomuscle

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Cytherea. She squirted her way to stardom and made a generation of young men **** themselves dry at the sight of her vadge.

Flower Tucci is better with the squirting, she corrupted my mind years ago

Catphish

KKkitty wrote: »

My mam. She found out early in life that her sister was her real mother, was forced by god fearing catholic family to give her first born away, buried my younger brother when I was 2, had 10 other kids(most including myself gave her no end of trouble when we were growing up), never got a real break in life and even her real mam would never acknowledge her. My mam went through all that and still got up every morning and fed and clothed me and my siblings as best she could.

The very fact you know, acknowledge and understand all that is a great achievement on her part. There's rarely a household that can come through a bumpy ride with teenagers, let alone what else happened in your home.

But it takes that click into maturity that makes you reflect, understand, and appreciate what it took to bring you up and your siblings.

Being a mother is an understated title, it can be a battle field, and a thankless job. That is until hopefully, at the end of it all, someone recognises that it wasn't easy, but there was always love behind it all.

She has a thankful and level headed daughter

KKkitty

Catphish wrote: »

The very fact you know, acknowledge and understand all that is a great achievement on her part. There's rarely a household that can come through a bumpy ride with teenagers, let alone what else happened in your home.

But it takes that click into maturity that makes you reflect, understand, and appreciate what it took to bring you up and your siblings.

Being a mother is an understated title, it can be a battle field, and a thankless job. That is until hopefully, at the end of it all, someone recognises that it wasn't easy, but there was always love behind it all.

She has a thankful and level headed daughter

She passed away 4 years ago and I wish I could say stuff to her but I can't. Thanks for saying that She was definitely stronger than she gave herself credit for.

Chin Stroker

In the mid-1980s, George Foreman was near bankrupt, which forced him into a boxing comeback at the age of 45. Even at this age, he was able to regain his heavyweight title (an amazing feat in and of itself). This allowed him to pay off millions of dollars in debt and launch his career as an entrepreneur.

At a guess Id say his grills are in at least one in every 10 homes in Ireland.

fincollins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1swPZzxv0tI

Chin Stroker

From a business point of view Donald Trump is one of the comeback kings. He went bankrupt in the 80s only to re-build his property empire.

xii

Chin Stroker wrote: »

From a business point of view Donald Trump is one of the comeback kings. He went bankrupt in the 80s only to re-build his property empire.

DT didn't rebuild, he never lost it.

money money money money ...... money

Chin Stroker

xii wrote: »

DT didn't rebuild, he never lost it.

money money money money ...... money

The source I read said his 80s property company went bankrupt

Dick phelan

Chin Stroker wrote: »

In the mid-1980s, George Foreman was near bankrupt, which forced him into a boxing comeback at the age of 45. Even at this age, he was able to regain his heavyweight title (an amazing feat in and of itself). This allowed him to pay off millions of dollars in debt and launch his career as an entrepreneur.

At a guess Id say his grills are in at least one in every 10 homes in Ireland.

Not only that but the also how the man changed, back in the Ali days he was a not a nice man to say the least and a very aggresive character, however the man now always seems to have a smile on his face and seems to be a really genuine and nice man now since he converted to Christianity, not a preacher btw but since the man found faith he has become a better person for it and thats very admirable

Chin Stroker

Will Smith played this man's life story to a tee.

A truly remarkable inspiration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS5xy7iHJ6o

Chin Stroker

Love this one

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”


Vince Lombardi

sinjin_smythe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyhOmBPtGNM

RED PASSION

Maryam Modern Lace wrote: »

Lance Armstrong, a man who refused to let the rules and guidelines of some stupid cycling organisations stop him from realising his dream of raising millions of dollars for cancer research. What a hero.

A man who has won the same number of Tour de France as me.

Red Pepper

Shackleton. Never got to the south pole but was nevertheless a great leader and explorer and always put the welfare of his men first.