Tony Robbins is the definition of having The Will To Win. He comes from humble beginnings with an abusive mother. Working as a janitor to get by, his life was nothing glamorous.
Other people, in his same circumstances, might say things to themselves like:
- “My life is terrible. Why is this happening to me?”
- “Why hasn’t God given me more? Haven’t I done enough to deserve a better life?”
- “What’s the point in trying? I can’t get ahead. The game is rigged against me”
Tony Robbins is different than most people. He found a path that called to him so loudly he could rise above any excuse, any self-doubt. According to Robbins, reading The Will to Win speech, put fire in his spirit, and pushed him to begin walking down the path to changing the lives of millions. He wanted to make others feel good, but more than that, he wanted them to become good.
He had a goal to change lives. There was no room for compromise. He wiped away all excuses, distractions, and turned from negativity.
He understood a winners mentality has no room for negativity.
This goal lived deep in Tony’s body, mind, and spirit. Tony embraced optimism as his default operating hardware. He understood that he controls his mind, so he controls his perceptions, and his reactions to what he experiences.
You control your mind, so you control how you react to what you experience.
You have the right to complain. You also have the right to win. If you’re willing to culminate The Will To Win, you can do anything.
While you can’t control what happens to you, you can control how you react to what happens to you. This is where your power lies.
Every individual reading this has this power.
Ask yourself this: When was the last time something easy, ever had an impact on your life? “Easy” means pleasure, and pleasure is not fulfilling, because it has no aspect of mastery that can be pursued. You cannot grow doing easy things, and growth is how we feel fulfilled.
So Tony never gave up.
Even when his friends, family, and strangers might say what he was doing was stupid, impossible, or unrealistic, he kept going down the path, one day at a time, building progress. He wasn’t realistic with his goals; instead he asked for more, was loyal to his path, so he got more.
He visualized what he wanted from his life and pursued that vision until he got it. Setbacks had no chance against Tony Robbin’s will to win.
Below is The Will to Win Speech written by Vince Lombardi. This is the speech that inspired Tony Robbins.
The Will To Win Speech
By Vince Lombardi
Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win
once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them
right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and
that’s first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay,
and I don’t ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl
game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has
been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win,
and to win.
Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he’s got to play from the
ground up – from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of
him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That’s O.K. You’ve got to
be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you’ve got
to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you’re lucky
enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he’s never going
to come off the field second.
Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of
organization – an army, a political party or a business. The principles are
the same. The object is to win – to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds
hard or cruel. I don’t think it is.
It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive
games draw the most competitive men. That’s why they are there – to compete.
To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to
win fairly, squarely, by the rules – but to win.
And in truth, I’ve never known a man worth his salt who in the long run,
deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline. There
is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh
reality of head to head combat.
I don’t say these things because I believe in the “brute” nature of man or
that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe
in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the
greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has
worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of
battle – victorious.
Is The Vince Lombardi Will To Win Speech Correct?
Some have stated that the correct speech is The Will To Win by Berton Braley. You can read that speech here.
To confirm which speech was the correct version, we reached out to Tony Robbin’s team. They confirmed Vince Lombardi wrote the speech that motivated Robbins, Not Berton Braley.
Your Story Is Your Ultimate Tool
Tony Robbins says your story is your ultimate tool. He’s right.
Everything bad that’s ever happened to you is your fault. This is a good thing, because it means you own your experiences and can use them to create momentum down your paths to mastery. When you take life into your own hands, you are responsible for the losses, as well as the wins. And if you develop a winning mentality, you use your losses to fuel your wins–this is having the will to win.
Victims of their circumstances often opt to stay prisoner to their self-pity. They don’t have the will to win, they have the will to pursue pleasure, which includes self-pity, because they don’t walk the path of fulfillment. They may not have a path, because they stopped looking for one, or they may already have paths to fulfillment, but they neglected them to pursue the pleasurable easy path, like self-pity.
Those with the will to win understand that they are only defeated when they give up, not when they fail.
Reframe your mind in the same manner, and watch how your world changes.
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I grew up being abused by men an women, I grew up in self deception, drug addiction, lived a gay life cause I was afraid and I was badly damaged. I got clean and sober in 1992. A few years later my friend attended a personal power workshop. He bought all of the programs. He never followed up with it, but he gave me, the poor broken hustler the 30 day personal power program. It took me months to get through that 30 days. I went from $8 an hour, washing used appliances in the rain to a salesman, sales manager to a car salesman to my current finance manager position. I just didn’t want to be poor, I had gone through to much to be poor. My biggest achievement was when a beautiful, broken woman came into my life. In a single moment she swept me off my feet. I ended my toxic relationship and discovered what it felt like to be true to myself. The stick finally forced me to grab the carrot and I did with gusto.
It all started with the first 30 days. Now I have achieved so much, lived longer than I ever thought I would. Now at 49 years old I feel like I think I should have felt when I was 30 years old. Tony warned me about one day waking up and asking myself “is this all there is”?
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Is has come true twice in my life, once 6 years ago when I met my wife and the other just now, in this recent few weeks. Good news I am still young and blessed with good health, unfortunately I don’t have a “why”!
I have achieved so much from who I was and who I have become, but compared to many others I have not achieved much in the way of wealth. I feel lost again, happy with many many blessings, but I want more, but I don’t know what that more is. I want freedom and that takes money. I feel like the air conditioners are on and cooling me down cause I am getting hot and out of my comfort zone. I have reprogrammed myself from 20 grand a year to 198k last year. My best year ever and when I figured out that I could push past 200 grand I started sabatoging my success by negatively reacting to events. I need to find a way past this false ceiling that I have placed on myself. Sales situations that were easy for me last year are defeating me this year.
So here I am again searching for guidance turning to self help to find that,answers that will propel me to the next level.
With God’s blessings He will open a door that will lead to the freedom I am seeking!
Beautiful.
I am not motivated, I made a decision before my old self died, which was to live my life to the fullest. I then just away from the 30meter high bridge, signed up at the gym, went home and installed my blog in 2 minutes on WordPress and threw the cigarettes into the trashcan.
The goal? Millionaire.
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I was given Tony’s “30 day personal power” tapes by someone in college who didn’t want them.. I learned so many key principles that have shaped my life. He’s the real deal. In the next year I want to go to his Date with Destiny. The principles I learned inspired me to start a charity who uses horses helps children who grew up in an addicted home. We’ve had hundred of kids go through in the last eight years. The specific principles that helped me were 1) don’t reinvent the wheel 2) the rocking chair test 3) visualizing where I want to be 4) the what and how don’t matter if the why is important enough.
Thanks for sharing. Tony’s word touches the life of millions every day. I’m so happy you’re one of them.
I’m Fucking Unstoppable!!!
Tony Robbins’ speech on the will to win is truly inspiring. His ability to shift perspectives and help people see that they have the power to change their lives is remarkable. I found myself nodding along with every word, feeling a renewed sense of purpose and determination. His message is a reminder that success is not just about achieving goals, but about living a life that fulfills our deepest desires and passions. Thank you for sharing this powerful speech!
This post beautifully captures the essence of Tony Robbins’ journey and the transformative power of his words. It’s inspiring to see how a single speech can ignite a fire within someone and change their life trajectory. Thank you for sharing this powerful moment!