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Bill Phillips – “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”
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Bill Phillips – “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

byAndrew McGivernMarch 17, 2026March 17, 2026
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the Daily Quote – Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day
the Daily Quote – Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

Tune in daily to get a short dose of daily inspiration to kick start your day in a positive way.

the Daily Quote brings you inspirational quotes to help motivate and inspire your day with positivity.
Listen to the show for positive quotes from Albert Einstein, Maya Angelo, Seth Godin, Tony Robbins, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr, John Lennon, William Shakespeare, Lao Tzu, Confucius and more…

Every single day you will hear a motivational quote to fire up your day.

Carl Lewis – “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.”
byAndrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day

Welcome to the Daily Quote — I'm Andrew McGivern.

This episode is brought to you by⁠ the Great News podcast⁠. Tired of all the doom and gloom news from mainstream media? You'll get none of that there! Instead you'll get inspiring stories and developments making the world a better place.

Today's quote comes from Carl Lewis — one of the greatest athletes in Olympic history, winner of nine gold medals, and a man who once said he never competed against other athletes — he competed against perfection.

He once said:

”If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.”

That phrase — find a way not to win — is the one that stops you cold if you sit with it long enough.

Lewis isn't saying that without confidence you'll try hard and fall short. He's saying something far more unsettling: without confidence, you will unconsciously engineer your own defeat. You won't even need an opponent. You'll do it yourself.

Think about what that looks like in real life. You almost go for the promotion, but talk yourself out of applying. You nearly launch the project, but decide it needs a little more work first.

You start strong, then pull back just before the moment of commitment.

On the surface it looks like caution, or practicality, or timing. But underneath? Without self-assurance, people subconsciously undermine their own potential and subvert opportunities for victory.

The lack of confidence finds a way, every single time.
Here's what Lewis understood from decades of elite competition: talent gets you to the starting line. Preparation gets you through training. But in the decisive moment, when it counts, confidence is the variable that determines everything.

Lewis's approach was to channel his energy and focus, run his race, and stay relaxed. Because when you believe in yourself fully, you stop interfering with your own performance.
Confidence isn't arrogance. It isn't certainty that you'll succeed. It's the decision to stop sabotaging yourself before you've even begun.

So here's the question: Where are you currently finding a way not to win? Not because the obstacle is in front of you, but because the doubt is inside you?

Because that's the game Carl Lewis is describing. And the only way to stop losing it is to decide, right now, that you're going to back yourself.

Confidence first. The winning follows.

That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

Carl Lewis – “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.”
Carl Lewis – “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.”
March 18, 2026
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Bill Phillips – “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”
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George Lucas – “You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.”
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    byAndrew McGivern | Good News Podcast Host - Positive News and Inspiration

    This podcast is brought to you by the Daily Quote. The podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way!

    Today, we are exploring a medical breakthrough that uses ”hungry” bacteria to fight cancer, a massive electric flying taxi taking to the skies in China, and a successful harvest of chickpeas grown in actual moon dirt
    Plus, we’ll look at a new computer chip that gives self-driving cars reflexes four times faster than the human brain

    Bacteria that eats cancer from the inside out

    China tests a ”Flying Bus”!

    Moon Humus May be a Reality

    Robot Cars react 4X faster than humans

    And stick around for our speed round, where we’ll cover even more great news!

    US Forests fighting harder against climate change

    Gold Supraballs capture 90% of solar spectrum

    A few changes at home reduce asthma attacks

    New additive increases organic solar cell efficiency

    If you like the Great News Podcast, You'll love the great news letter. Because the Great News Podcast is Great! But the Great News Letter is Greater!

    The Great News Letter is FREE and includes all the good news stories.

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