The Turnaround Quotes

“Don’t worry about losing. Think about winning.” – Mike Krzyzewski, 5-Time National Champion Basketball Coach”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“Complacency is one of the worst things that can happen to a person. If you don’t have that drive and enthusiasm to always get better, you’re gonna get beat by somebody who does.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“If you ever find yourself feeling down or lacking energy, it’s because you don’t have any goals that excite you. Find a goal you’re excited about and you will become an energetic person.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“the most important decision you make is deciding how you choose to see yourself, the next most important decision is deciding who you want to surround yourself”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“If you surround yourself with good and positive people, good and positive things will happen.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“You can choose to look backward or look forward. The choice is yours. The backward thinker will fall into insecurity and self-pity. The forward thinker will respond with confidence and a sense of empowerment.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“People who are insecure and loaded with self-doubt live in the past. They keep looking backwards. People who are confident are focused on the present and the future. They’re always looking forward.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“Confidence doesn’t prevent life from throwing adversity at you. Nothing will prevent that. But confidence will help you overcome whatever adversity comes your way.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“The single most important choice you can make is what type of attitude you’re going to have,” Bud said. “Everything begins with the attitude you choose. Everything you do and every thought you think follows your attitude. Losing follows a losing attitude. Winning follows a winning attitude. It’s that simple. “If you want to turn things around and start winning, you have to first develop a winning attitude”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“You are the culmination of all your choices up to this point.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“The fact is, confidence can and must be generated from within if you want to be successful.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“How you choose to view the world around you determines the type of world you experience”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“I believe the size of the obstacle equals the size of the opportunity. The bigger the obstacle in front of you, the bigger the opportunity you’ve been given.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“focus”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“Bud slapped me on the back. “I knew there were no guarantees, but it’s like I always told you boys: At some point, you just have to decide to be confident. When you do that, good things will happen.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“Live life with a smile no matter what. It’s a powerful choice that you make.” – Dabo Swinney, 2-Time National Champion”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“One of the keys to having fun and enjoying the moment is to not even think about the results,” Bud said one afternoon. “Instead, think about getting the most out of this moment. Find the joy right here, right now. Embrace”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“Make the most of these final days together. Forget about them, focus on us! Focus on what makes us great, not them!”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“When you focus on the obstacle, it makes you feel insecure and fearful. When you focus on the opportunity, it makes you feel confident and excited. “Insecure people shrink away from the obstacle, but confident people step up to the opportunity”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“Football is just like life. When you try to achieve something important and difficult, you will face setbacks along the way. When that happens, regroup and choose to focus on the next play, the next game, and the next opportunity. That’s the great thing about life—regardless of what happened on the last hand, you always get a new hand”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“This game is very important to all of us. That’s what makes it fun. It wouldn’t be any fun to play a game you didn’t care about. But don’t make it so important that you can’t enjoy it. Don’t make the obstacle bigger than the opportunity.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“One of the best ways to minimize the obstacle and maximize the opportunity is to focus on doing what needs to be done right now. Commit yourself fully to the task at hand and don’t look too far ahead.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“Here’s the key: you can’t focus on two sides at the same time. You’re either focusing on the obstacle or the opportunity. You”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“Fellas, I believe the size of the obstacle equals the size of the opportunity. The bigger the obstacle in front of you, the bigger the opportunity you’ve been given.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, what you focus on tends to come about. That means when you focus on all the reasons why you should lose, you’re probably gonna lose.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are weeds that strangle confidence.” – Bruce Lee, Legendary Martial Artist”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“The more you work on being confident, the more natural it becomes.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“do the right thing, do everything to the best of my ability, and genuinely care about other people. If I”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“I’ll never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself.” – Muhammad Ali, 3-Time World Heavyweight Champion”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

“Confidence is not, unfortunately, something you own forever once you’ve found it. It’s something you must constantly work on.” – Dr. Bob Rotella, World-Renowned Sports Psychologist”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence